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14. TBACHYNOTUS. 483 



2. Trachynotus goreensis. 



Trachinotus goreensis, Cuv. ^- Val. viii. p. 419. 



? Trachinotus maxiUosus, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 420 (adult ?). 



D. 6|-^. A. 2I-. 



I 19-22 I 18 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4|, one of the caudal lobes four times. The snout is obliquely 

 truncated ; the upper maxillary reaches nearly to below the centre 

 of the eye. The anterior rays of the dorsal and anal extend beyond 

 the middle of the fkis, if laid backwards. The dorsal, caudal, and 

 anal lobes black. 



West coast of Africa ; Caribbean Sea. 



ff. Half-grown. Niger Expedition. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 c. Half-gro-ftTi : skin. West Indies. 



3. Trachynotus glaucus. 



Chffitodon glaucus, Bl. taf. 210. 

 Acanthinion glaucum, Lacep. iv. p. 500. 



Trachinotus glaucus, Cuv. 3f Val. viii. p. 400; Guichen. Poiss. in 

 Ramoji (lela Sagra, Hist. Cuba, p. 107. 



D. 6 I ^. A. 2 1 3^. Ctec. pylor. 13. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is nearly three times in the total length, 

 the length of the head Sj, one of the caudal lobes three times. The 

 anterior rays of the dorsal and anal reach to or beyond the middle 

 of the caudal fin, if laid backwards (shorter in immature specimens). 

 Silveiy, with four blackish vertical streaks on the side of the back. 



Atlantic shores of tropical Amei-ica. 



a. Adult. Antilles. Piu'chased of Mr. Brandt. 



b. Half-grown. Rio de Janeiro. Presented by A. Fry, Esq. 



c. Adult : stuffed. South America. 



d. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



e. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 /. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Large specimen. Old Collection, as Scomber macropterus. 



h. Half-grown : bleached. Old Collection, as Gastcrosteus ovatus, L. 



4. Trachynotus myrias. 

 Ciiv. 8f Val. viii. p. 421. 



D.6|^. A.2|ii. 



The height of the body is 2^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head five, one of the caudal lobes foiu- times. The upper profile of 

 the head forms a quarter of a circle. The dorsal and anal lobes reach 

 beyond the base of the caudal, if laid backwards. A series of five 

 blackish spots along the lateral line. {Cuv.) 



West coast of Africa. 



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