364 SCOMBRIDiE. 



head 3|, The length of the pectoral is 6^ in the total. Above blue, 

 with oblique undulating blackish bands, directed backwards and up- 

 wards ; sides and belly silvery ; the first dorsal fin with a bro^\Tiish 

 spot. 



Sea of Pinang. 



a. Adult : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — 

 Type of the species. 



5. Thynnus tonggol. 

 Sleeker, Makr. p. 356. 



D. 13 I ^ I VIII. A. ^ I YIII. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth ; the length of the pectoral equals the height 

 of the body. The corslet extends on to the soft dorsal and to the 

 anal, having two deep emarginations posteriorly. Above uniform 

 greyish, beneath silvery. (BleeJc.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



6. Thynnus thunnina. 



Pelamis caerulea, Aldrov. p. 315. 



Renanl, Poiss. Mol i. tab. 36. f. 189, ?tab. 23. f. 124. 



Scomber quadripunctatus, Geoffr. Descr. Ey. Poiss. tab. 24. f. 3. 



Thyiinus leachianua, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 414. 



thunnina, Cuv. ^- Val. viii. p. 104. pi. 212 ; Faun. Japan. Poiss. 



p. 95. pi. 48 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. El. Poiss. pi. 46. f. 1 ; Bleek. Makr. 



Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. p. 36; Guichen. Explor, Algh'. 



Poiss. p. 57. 



brasiliensis, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 110. 



Auxis taao, Bleek. (not Ciiv. Sf Val.). 



D. 15 I ^ I VIII. A. f^ I VII. 



The height of the body is 4^ in the total length (to the centre of 

 the posterior margin of the caudal), the length of the head four times. 

 The pectoral reaches to the vertical from the ninth dorsal spine ; 

 doi al spines of moderate strength. The length of the posterior 

 margin of the jpraeoperculum is 1| in that of the inferior. Back 

 bluish, with blackish waving longitudinal streaks ; sides and belly 

 silvciy. 



Mediterranean ; ti epical parts of the Atlantic ; East Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown: stuffed. 



h. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



7. Thynnus pelamys. 



The Bonite. 



Renard, i. 20. 113; Osbcck, Reise, p. 87 ; Lef/uat, Votjage, p. 21 (fig. 



bad); Funnel, Voy. Dampier, p. 158. f. 32; Dutertrr, flist. Antilles, 



ii. p. 214, p. 295'fig. 



