13. TEMNODON. ^irg 



upper maxiUary reaches to the vertical from the posterior mardn of 



he ej^. The lateral line is slightly bent above the pectomr^he 



teeth in the jaws form a single series. The dark colour of the back 



blotlt." '"' "'" '^' '^™^ ^ ^'^'^ ^' ^'^-t twenty verS 



Mediterranean ; Sea of Madeira. 



"• 'rrs»s::tL7' ^'■*^- «*-■ ^™" «■= ««- 



4. Lichia calcar. 



Scomber calcar, Block, taf. .336. f. 2; Bl. Schn. p 27 

 Oentronotus calcar, Lacep. iv. p. 713. 

 Lichia calcar, Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 366. 



D. 3 I -!-. A. 2 I -!- 



I 20- ^- ■" 121- 



5. Lichia albacora. 



Guich. in Gay, Hist. aiil. Zool. ii. p. 231. 



The first dorsal with three spines only ; ventrals long and pointed. 

 Coloration uniform. (G^((/c7i.) i'^^itca. 



Coast of Chile. 



13. TEMNODON. 



Temnodon, Cut: .§• Val. ix. p. 225. 



Body oblong compressed, covered with cycloid scales of moderate 

 size; cleft of the mouth rather wide. Jems with a series of strong 

 teeth ; teeth on the vomer and the palatine bones. Pra^operculiim with 

 some shght denticiilations. The first dorsal with eight feeble spines 

 contmuous; the second and the anal are more developed, covered with 

 scales, without detached finlets ; there are one or two smaU spines 

 betore the anal. Lateral line not armed or shielded. Branchiostlo-als 

 seven • air-bladder simple. Pjdoric appendages in great number. 



Inhabitants of nearly all the temperate and tropical seas. 



1. Temnodon saltator. 



Skipjack, Catesby, Hist. Nat. Carol, ii. p. 14 t 14 



Gasterosteus saltatrix, Z Syst. Nat. i. p. 491; Sliaw, Zool. iv. p. G09. 



bcomber saltator, Bl. Schn. p. 35. ^^ ' > F 



Pomatomus skib, Lacep. iv. p. 436. pi. 8. f. 3. 



Chilodiptenis lieptacanthus, Lacep. iii. p. ,542. pi. 21 f. 3 fbad) 



Scomb|r plumbeus, 3Iitch. Trans. Lit. S,- Phil Soc. New York, i. 



