2. THYNUTJS. 365 



Scomber pelamys, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 492 ; Bl. Schn. p. 23 ; Bennett, 



Whaling l/'oyaye, ii. p. 281 ; De la Roche, Ami. Mus. xiii. p. 315. 



pelamides, Lacep. iii. p. 14 (pt.), ii. pi. 20. f. 2. 



Variletta, Humboldt, Observ. Zool. ii. p. 190. 



Thynnus pelamys, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 113. pi. 214; Faun. Japon. 



Poiss. p. 96. pi. 49 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 267 ; Cuv. Reyne Anim. 



III. Poiss. pi. 47. f. 2 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Nederl. i. Amboina, p. 41 ; 



Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 157. 

 Thimnus pelamys, Parn. Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 53'. 

 Thynnus vagans, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 162. pi. 32 (bad). 



D. 15 1^1 VIII. A. ^ I VII. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length (to the 

 centre of the posterior margin of the caudal), the length of the head 

 3|. The pectoral reaches to the vertical from the tenth dorsal spine. 

 Dorsal spines rather feeble. The length of the posterior margin of 

 the praeoperculum is If in that of the inferior. Back bluish ; on each 

 side of the belly four brownish longitudinal bands. 



Tropical and warmer parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape Seas. From Sii- A. Smith's Collection. 

 h. Thirty-three inches long : stuffed. From Mr. YarreU's Collecti'.n. 



8. Thynnus brevipinnis. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 112. pi. 213. 



D. 15 I ^ I VIII. A. ^ I VII. Vert. 38. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length (to the 

 centre of the posterior margin of the caudal), the length of the head 

 3|^. The length of the pectoral is one-ninth of the total, and the fin 

 reaches to the vertical from the ninth dorsal spine. Dorsal spines 

 rather feeble. Back bluish, with darker transverse bands ; sides and 

 belly silvery. (Czw.) 



Mediterranean. 



9. Thynnus albacora. 



? Albacore, Shane, Hist, of Jam. i. p. 28. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 ? Auxis sloanei, Ctiv. 8( Val. Viii. p. 148. 

 Tunny, Penn. Brit. Zool. ed. 1. iii. p. 266. tab. 52. 

 Thynnus albacora, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 77, and Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. iii. p. 4. 



Body elongate ; the second dorsal and the anal falcate, and elevated 

 anteriorly ; the pectoral reaches to below the middle of the second 

 dorsal, its length being one-fifth or one-fourth of the total. Snout 

 and eye small. (Lowe.) 



Atlantic. 



Thynnus macropterus (Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 98. 

 pi. 51 ; Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 37) 

 appears to be closely allied to, or perhaps identical with, the above 

 species. 



