4G8 cLurKiD-T.. 



Fifth Group. ALBULINA. 



Mouth inferior, of moderate width, toothed; upper jaw pro- 

 jecting beyond the lower; intermaxillary juxtaposed to the upper 

 anterior edge of maxillary. 



15. ALBULA. 



Albula, Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 102. 



Butyrinus, Lacej). v. p. 45. 



Glossodus, (Cmv.) Agassiz, in Spix, Pise. Brasil. p. 48. 



Eody oblong, moderately compressed ; abdomen flat. Scales of 

 moderate size, adherent ; lateral line distinct. Eyes covered with 

 a broad annular adipose membrane. Snout pointed ; mouth inferior; 

 intermaxillary short, maxillary forming the lateral part of the mouth. 

 Bands of viUiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and palatine 

 bones ; broad patches of coarse granular teeth on the sphenoid, 

 pterygoid, and lingual bones. Dorsal fin opposite to vcntrals ; anal 

 fin sliorter than dorsal. Gill-membranes entirely separate, with 

 numerous branchiostegals ; pseudobranchioe well developed. Pyloric 

 appendages numerous. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



1. Albula conorhynchus. 



Vubarana, Piso, Hist. Nat. Ltd. iii. p. 63. 



Amia, Brown, Jamaica, p. 442. no. 2, 



Bantam, Renard, i. tab. 34. fig. 184. 



Maeabi, Parra, p. 88, tab. 35. 



Conorhynchus, Nozeman, in Act. Select, iii. p. 382, tab. 9. 



Albula, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 102. no. 327. 



Argentina glossodonta, Foi-sk. Descr. An. p. 68 ; LacSp. v. p. 366, 



Albula conorhynchus, PI. Sckn. p. 432. 



pluniieri, PL Schn, tab. 80. 



Clupea brasiliensis, PI. Sckn. p. 427. 



Amia immaculata, PL Sclin. p. 451. 



Synodus argenteus, PL Sclin. p. 398. 



Clupea macrocL'phala, Laccp. v. pp. 426, 400, pi. 14. fig. 1. 



Butyrinus banana, Laccp. v. p. 40. 



Synodus yulpes, Laccp. v. p. 321, pi. 8. fig. 2. 



On " Argentma glossodonta," Cxiv. Mem. Mus. v. p. 371. 



Esox argenteus, Forst. Descript. An, ed. Lichtenstein, p. 196 j Bl, Schn. 



p. 395. 

 Engrauhs sericus. Spiv, Pise. Bras. tab. 23. fig. 2. 



bahiensis, Spix, I. e. tab. 24. fig. 2. 



Glossodus forskalii, Agass. in Spi.v, I. c. p. 49. 



BiitJirinus glossodontus, Riqyp. N. W. Fische, p. 80, taf. 20. fig. 3 ; 



Schley. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 242, tab. 109. fig. I, 

 AlbuLa macrocephala, Cuv. ^ Val. xix. p. 324. 



parra), Cuv. 8f Val. xix. p. 339. 



■ goreensis, Cuv. 8f Val. xix. p. 312. 



