470 CliUPEIDiE. 



pterygoid bones, on the tongue, and on the base of the skull. Dorsal 

 fin opposite to ventrals ; anal rather shorter than dorsal. Gill- 

 membranes entirely separate, with very numerous branchiostegals. 

 Pseudobranchise well developed. Pyloric appendages numerous. 

 Tropical and subtropical seas. 



1. Elops saiirus. 



Sloane, Jamaica, ii. p. 284, pi. 2o0. fig. 1. 



? Ilarengus minor, Catesby, ii. p. 24. 



Elops saui-us, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 518 ; Block, tab. 393. fig. 1 ; M Sc/m. 



p. 430, tab. 82 ; Dckat/, Neic York Fauna, Fish. p. 207, pi. 41. 



f. 131 ; Cm. 8f Val. xik. p. .305 ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 287 ; Sleek. 



Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring, p. 14 j Gronov. Syst ed. Gray, 



p. 108 ;• Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 338. 

 Argentina Carolina, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 519. 

 Argentina niacbnata, Forsk. Descr. An. p. 68. 

 Mugilomorus annae carolinse, Lacep. v. p. 398. 

 Russell, pi. 179. 



Elops inermis, Mitchill, Lit. <§■ Phil. Trans. New York i. p. 445. 

 Elops machnata, Rilpp. N W. Fische, p. 80 ; Bichanls. Voy. Ereb. 



8f Terr. Fish. p. 59, pi. 36. figs. 3-5; and Ichth. Chin. p. 311 ; Schley. 



Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 241, pi. 109. fig. 2; Giinth. Fish. Zanz. 



p. 121. 



purpurascens, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 311. 



capensis. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. pi. 7. 



B. 29-35. D. 23-24. A. 15-17. V. 14-15. L. lat. 108. 



L. transv. 13/15. Yert. 62 {Riipp.), 72 {Val), 51 32 {Hyrtl). 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the total length (without 

 caudal) and much more than the height of the body. Lower jaw 

 scarcely projecting beyond the upper. Maxillary extending far be- 

 hind the orbit ; cheek covered by the dilated posterior part of the 

 suborbital ring. Uniform silvery. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



a. Half-grown. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 h-c. Adult : skins. Jamaica. Purchased of Dr. Parnell. 



d. Young. St. Croix.' Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



e. Young. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



/. Half- grown : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir A. 

 Smith. 



g. Forty-five inches long : stuffed. Zanzibar. From the Collection 

 of Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



h. Half-grown ; skin. Zanzibar. From the Collection of Lieut.- 

 Col. Playfair. 



i-Tc. Half-grown : skins. East Africa. Presented by Dr. Kirk. 



I. Half-grown : stuffed. Djedda. 



m. Half-grown : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



n. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by J. E,. Rcevea, Esq. 



0. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



