250 pi;EciD.i;. 



without canines ; no teeth on the jmlatine bones. Two dorsals, sepa- 

 rated by an interspace, the first with seven, the anal fin with two 

 Bpines. No denticulations on the edges of the bones of the skull ; 

 operculum with two very feeble points, prteoperculum with promi- 

 nent rounded and striated angle. Scales moderate, slightly adherent. 

 Pancreatic cseca in considerable number. 

 Mediterranean. 



1. Pomatomus telescopium. 



Bisso, Ichtkyol. Nice, p. 301. pi. 9. f. 31 ; Cuv. S^ Val. ii. p. 171. pi. 24, 

 vi. p. 495 ; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 173 ; G-uichen. Explor. 

 Scient. Alger. Poiss. p. 32 ; Barker- Webb Sj- Berthel Hkt. Nat. lies 

 Canar, Ichthyol. pi. 1. 



D. 7 1 ^. A. |. L. lat. 40. Ctec. pylor. 22. 



Height of the body rather more than one-fourth of the total length ; 

 eye veiy large, one-third of the length of the head ; caudalis forked. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Mediterranean; Canarian Islands. 



a. Young. Sicily. 



49. ACROPOMA. 



Acropoma, Temm. &; Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 31. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, with canines in both the 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones. Two dorsals, the first with seven 

 (eight) spines, the anal fin with three. Operculum produced into 

 a long denticulated point, praeoperculum entii-e. Anus nearer the 

 root of the ventrals than the origin of the anal. Scales moderate, 

 deciduous, minutely ciliated. 



Japanese Sea. 



1. Acropoma japonicum. 



Acropoma, sp., Tetnm. 8f Schleg. I. c. pi. 12. f. 2, 3. 



D.7(8)|^. A.f 



Spines of the fins slender ; lower jaw longest ; caudahs forked. 

 Coloration uniform. 

 Japanese Sea. 



