16. ELoi's. 469 



Albula bananus, Cuv. 8f Val.xix. p. 345; Bleek. Verh.Bat. Gen.xxiv. 



C/iiroc. p. 11. 



neo^uiiiaica, Cuv. ^- Val. xix. p. 350. 



seminuda, Cuv. ^- Val. xix. p. 351. 



erythrocheilos, Cuv. ^ Val. xix. p. 352, pi. 540 (574) ; CaiU. 



Mai Fish. p. 283. 



forsteri, Cuv. ^ Val. xix. p. 354. 



'- rostrata, Gfonov. Syst. ed. Grai/, p. 189. 



B. 11-16. D. 17-18. A. 8. L. lat. 75. L, transv. jg. 

 Vert. 67-70 (41/26). Ccec. pyl. 22. 

 The length' of the head is two-sevenths or one-fourth of the total 

 (without caudal); snout tetrahedral, conical ; mouth inferior. Ventral 

 fins inserted below the last dorsal rays. Uniform silvery. 

 Tropical and subtropical seas. 



a. Adult. Cape Verde Islands. Presented by the Rev. E. T. 



Lowe. 

 b-c. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of 



Mr. Scrivener. 

 d-f. Adult and young : skins. Jamaica. Purchased of Dr. Parnell. 

 g. Adult. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 h. Adult. BeUze. From Mr. Godman's Collection. 

 i^Jc. Young. Bahia. From Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 

 I. Half-grown, Pacific coast of Central America. Presented by 



Capt. J. M. Dow. 

 m. Young: skin. Tana, New Hebrides. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 

 n, 0. Young. Ease-Indian archipelago. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 p~r. Young : ski;is. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 s. Adult : stuffed. Singapore. Purchased of Mr. Stevens., 

 i. Adult : skin. Ceylon. I'rom Dr. Kelaart'e Collection. 

 u. Adult. Port Natal. Purchased of Mr. Thomas Ayres. 

 v. Adult: ekin. Zanzibar. From. Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Collection. 

 w. Adult : stuffed. Bed Sea. 

 X. Half-grown. Bed Sea. 

 y, Zj a, 0, y-e. Adult, half-grown, and young. 



Sixth Group. ELOPINA. 



Upper jaw shorter than lower ; abdomen rounded ; an osseous 

 ^ular plate. 



16. ELOPS. 



Elops, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 518. 

 Body rather elongate, moderately compressed ; abdomen flat. 

 Scales small, adherent; lateral Hne distinct. A narrow osseous 

 lamella, attached to the mandibulary symphysis, covers the part be- 

 tween the mandibles. Snout pointed, mouth wide, anterior : inter- 

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

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



