PREFACE. 



Dr. CliJNTUEH observes, — "This volume contains the remaining por- 

 tions of Cuvicr's Percoides and Scitunoldes, and nearly the whole of 

 his Sqvuimiinnnes, Cataphracti, and Scomberoides. The instances 

 where Cuvier has described one and the same fish under three or 

 more different names are numerous, especially in the last family ; 

 nevertheless the number of apparently well-characterized species has 

 been nearly doubled since his period, as we see from a comparison 

 of the result of this volume with the corresponding parts of the 

 ' Histoire Naturclle des Poissons ': — 



Total number of species in Cuv. & Val 700 



Total number of species in this volume 1 llif) 



Species apparently well characterized in Cuv. & Val 5;}r> 



Species apparently well characterized in this volume .... 059 



" The plan adopted in the first volume has been adhered to. 



" Several important additions to the Collection have been made 

 since the publication of the first volume, viz. : — 



" 1. The entire Collection of Fishes of the Museum of the East 

 India Company. 



" 2. A Collection of Fishes from Vancouver Island, made during 

 the voyage of H.M.S. Plumper. 



"3. Several Collections of Fisher from the seas of Lisbon and 

 Madeira, presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



" 4. A Collection of Huabiun Fishes, received from the Stuttgart 

 Museum. 



" 5. A Collection of Fishes from Ecuador, purchased of Mr. Frascj-. 



