15. PAMMELAS. 485 



the dorsal and anal reach to, or somewhat beyond, the middle of the 

 fins. Dorsal, caudal, and anal lobes blackish ; sometimes a series 

 of indistinct blackish dots along the lateral line, "which is nearly 

 straight. 



Seas of Pondicheny, Java, and Sumatra. 



a. Sumatra. 



8. Trachynotus cayennensis. 



Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 417. 



D.5|^. A.2|±. 



The spines of the dorsal and anal not short. The height of the 

 body is about one-thii'd of the total length. (Cuv.) 

 Cayenne. 



9. Trachynotus melo. 



Tracliinotus melo, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 270. 



D-6|i^- A.2I3L. 



None of the dorsal rays produced. The height of the body is 2^ 

 in the total length. Coloration uniform. 

 Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



15. PAMMELAS. 



Palinurus, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 118. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with small cycloid scales ; cleft 

 of the mouth of moderate width, with the muzzle above swoUen, 

 obtuse. Prae-, inter-, and suboperculum distinctly serrated. Two 

 dorsal fins : the first composed of seven short and free spines ; anal 

 with three spines, the first two short, imbedded iu the flesh. Finlets 

 none. Teeth of the jaws in a single series ; palate smooth*. Bran- 

 chiostegals seven. 



Coast of New York. 



1. Pammelas perciformis. 



The Rudder-fish, Mitch. Trans. Lit. >^ Phil. Sac. New York, i. pi. 16. 



f. 7 (^-ithout description). 

 Corj'phsena perciformis, 3Iitch. Amer. Month. Mag. ii. p. 244. 

 Tracliinotus argenteus, Storer, Mass. Report, p. 55. 

 Palinurus perciforaiis, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 118. pi. 24. 



f. 75. 



D.7|^. A.2|±. V.1/5. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Bright 

 bronze-black. {Dehay.) 

 Coast of New York. 



* "No teeth in the pharynx," Dekay. 



