12. LICHIA. 477 



p. 434 ; Ctiv, 8f Val, viii. p. 348 ; Cuv. Regne Anhn. El. Poiss. 

 pi. 54. f. 3. 

 Skeleton: Agass. Rech. Poiss. Foss. v. p. 33. pi. C* 



D.7|^. A.2|^. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length (to the 

 middle of the fork of the caudal) ; the upper maxillary reaches 

 somewhat beyond the vertical fi-om the posterior rim of the orbit. 

 The lateral line makes a semicircular curve above the pectoral. 

 Coloration uniform : young specimens with seven or eight blackish 

 bars across the back. 



Mediterranean ; western coasts of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Three feet long : stufted. 



6. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Forty-two inches long : stuffed. Cape Seas. From Sii' A. Smith's 



Collection. 



d. Half-grown: stuffed: not good state. Algoa Bay. From Sir 



A. Smith's Collection. 



2. Lichia glauca. 



Prima Glauci species, Rondel, p. 252 ; WiUughhy, p. 297. 



Lampiige, Bellon. p. 155. 



Scomber, no. 5, Artedi, Genera, p. 52. 



glaucus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 494 ; Bl. Schn. p. 33 ; Sliaio, Zool. iv. 



p. 593. 

 Gasterosteus glaucus, {Forst.) BI. Schn. p. 539; Forst. Descript. Anini. 



cur, Lichtenst. p. 5. 

 Caranx glaucus, Lacep. iii. pp. 58, 66. 

 Centronotus glaycos, Rkso, Ichth. Nice, p. 194. 

 Lichia glauciLS, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 429 ; Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 358. 



pi. 234; Wehb Sf Berthel. lies Canar. p. 56. pi. 13. f. 1; Yarrell 



Brit. Fishes, edit. 3. ii. p. 232. 



D. 5-6 I .jj^. A. 2 I ^^. Csec. pylor. 13-16. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 2|-2| in the total length (to the middle 

 of the fork of the caudal) ; the upper maxillary reaches to, or sUghtly 

 beyond, the vertical from the anterior rim of the orbit. The lateral 

 line is veiy little bent above the pectoral. Coloration uniform, 

 sometimes with indistinct vertical spots on the side ; the top of the 

 dorsal and anal fins deep black. 



Mediterranean; Atlantic, from Gibraltar to the coasts of Brazil 

 and to the Cape of Good Hope. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. Mediterranean. 



c. Fine specimen. Madeii'a. Presented by the Lords of the Ad- 



mii'alty. 



d. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Eev. E. T. Lowe. 



e. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 /. Fine specimen. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



* This figure is erroneously named Lichia glaucus in the explanation of the 

 plat«8 : it is Lichia amia, from the Mediterranean. 



