352 TKICHIURID^. 



strongly oblique lino below the anterior portion of the spinous dorsal. 

 Coloration uniform ; the spinous dorsal blackish. 

 Sea of Madeira (and of St. Helena ?). 



a. Adult. Madeira, From the Rev. II. T. Lowe's CoDoction. 



5. Thyrsites solandri. 



Gempylus solandri, Cm: ^ Vul. viii. p. 215. 



D. 18|-'g|TI. A. 1/18 I 11. 



The ventral is reduced to a single spine. The height of the body 

 is 5 5 in the total length. Coloration uniform. {Cav.) 

 Coast of New Holland. 



6. Thyrsites prometheoides. 

 Sleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Amboina, p. 42. 

 D.18|^|II. A.1|II. 



The ventral is reduced to a single spine, below the base of the pec- 

 toral. The height of the body is 7?— 71 in the total length, the 

 length of the head four times. The lateral line bifurcates below the 

 fifth dorsal spine, the upper branch running near the dorsal jirofile, 

 and lost below the soft dorsal fin ; the inferior branch descends in a 

 curve to the middle of the side. Coloration uniform ; the spinous 

 dorsal with a black blotch anteriorly. (BL) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



7. GEMPYLUS. 



Gempylus, Cuv. <S- Val. viii. p. 207. 



Body very elongate ; cleft of the mouth very wide. The fii-st 

 dorsal continuous, -ndth thirty or more spines, and extending on to 

 the second. Six spurious fins beliind the dorsal and anal. Body 

 scalclcss. Several strong teeth in the jaws, none on the palate. No 

 keel on the tail. Seven branchiostcgals. Air-bladder present. 

 Pyloric appendages in moderate number. 



Seas between the tropics. 



1. Gempylus serpens. 



Sloane, Jamaica, pi. 1. f. 2. 

 Scomber .serpens, Solaiidcr. 



Gempylus S(!iioens, Cuv. i^ Val. viii. p. 207 ; Cuv. li'cijm Anim. III. 

 Po,\k pi. 49. f. 2. 



D. 31 I 13 I yi. A. 10 I VI. 

 The ventral is reduced to a very small spine. The hciglit of the 

 body is one-fifteenth of the total length, the length of tlie liead one- 

 fifth. Coloration uniform ; the upper part of the dors;d black. (Cttv.) 

 Tropical parts of the Atlantic, especially the ('aribbean Sea. 



