II.A 1 I'ISHl'.S (IlirrKKOSdMA lA) 



Sillfcilk ColIlIlgS. 



\\t>iiu,utli. riKiinp.;on. 



SiMini'M Lov.-. (.ornu.ill Suw.irt. 



— I i.nl Wiil.HiKlil.v. 



In spite of the records of gigantic specimens, mostly hascil on liearsav, it is (lr>iil>tfiil 

 whether this species normally attains a length greater than 3 feet or a weight of 

 more than 50 pounds. 



HvHKin IrRHoT .\.\ii Huiri.. 



(S. inaxiiiiiis ■ S ili,»iibus )' 



llhomhiis livhridtis. Malm, 1877. CxiteborKs liolius. Faiin.i, p. ^11 ; Malm, 18S;, (".olpborgs Mas. 



\rsskr.. Ill, (iSSi), p. 23. 

 }Kh„mln,i Icc-.is var., .Moreau, iS.Si, Hist. Xat. Poiss. FraiKo. ni, p. 54- 

 liollius nmximiis hybridus, Smitt, 1S93, Scand. I-'ish., 1, p. 444, tiK. 11?. 

 Hnthus rhombus hybridus, Smitt, 1893, ''^w. cii., p. 44s, tig. 114. 

 Khombus mmtmus X Khombui rhombus, Buen, 19:16, Cat. irtml. .M.dit. H^p.ia. M.irrucc os, p. 07 



I5epth of body about li in the length, length of head 3. Snout longer than eye, 

 diameter of which is 8J to 9 in length of head and equal to or a little greater than 

 interorbital width ; lower eye in advance of upper, which is well separated from edge 

 of head. Ma.xillary e.xtending to below hinder part of eye or beyond, length 2} 

 to 2^ in that of head. 11 or 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Head and 

 body on both sides with cycloid scales, separated from each other, embedded in the 



.No. (")7, fig. 3; Mcintosh, 1902, 'Ann. .Mag. Xat. Hist.', (7) ix, p. 29: ; (. unmngha 

 Soc.', p. 174, pi. XI : Cunningham, 1907, ' J. Mar. Biol. .Ass.', n.s., viii, p. 44, p 

 •Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.', p. 146, iig. ; Eliiihirst, 19H, 'Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist 

 1911, ' Zoologist ', (4) XV, p. 30 ; Ninni, 1932, ' Hull. Soc. zool. Fr.', Ivii, p 7(1 

 others arc included in the svnonvmv of the species. 



» .See also Qildch, iSh9, ' I'roc. /.ool. Soc.', p. 47? : I.dnnberg, 1894, ' Over* 

 li. p. ^-i. figs. ; Holt, iSos, ' 1. Mar. Hiol. Ass.'. \.s., 111, p. 292. 



u, 1007, ■ Proc.Zool. 

 . Ill ; Ritchie, 1908, 

 ', p. 79 ; Elmhirst, 

 hg. References to 



. X'et.-Ak.id. I'orh.', 



