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scoMBRinj:. 



1 0. Thynnus alalonga, 



Alilonghi, Duhamcl, Peches, ii. sect. 7. p. 203 ; Cetti, Hist. Nal. SariL 



Hi. p. 191. 

 Scomber alatunga, L. Gm. Sysi. Nat. i. p. 1330 ; Lacep. iii. p. 21 ; 



Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 590. 

 Orcynua alalonga, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 419. 

 Thj-nnus alalonga, Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 120. pi. 215; Cuv. Rfgne Anim. 



Ill Poiss. pi. 47. f. 1 ; White, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 31 ; YarreU, 



Brit. Fishes, ed. 3. ii. p. 220 ; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 4. 



D. 14 I ^ I VIII. A. ^ I VIII. Vert. 40. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head3|. The pectoral reaches beyond the end'of the second dorsal ; 

 dorsal spines of moderate strength. Above bluish, beneath silvery. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic. 



n. Thirty-nine inches long : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. From 



Sir A. Smith's Collection. 

 h. Adult: skin. Atlantic. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 



11. Thynnus pacificus. 



WiUughby, Append, p. 5. pi. 9. f. 1 ; ? Funnel, Damp. Voy. p. 57. f. 2 1 . 



Thynnus pacificus, Vuv. 4" Val. viii. p. 133. 



? Scomber germo, Bennett, Wlialinfj Voyage, ii. p. 27H. 



D. 14 1^1 VIII. A. ^ I VIII. 



The height of the body is 3|^ in the total lengtli. The peccorai 

 reaches beyond the end of the soft dorsal. Above blui.sh, beneath 

 silvery. {Cuv.) 



Pacific (27° & 26° S. Lat., 103° W. Long.) ; tropical parts of the 

 Indian Ocean. 



12. Thynnus argenti-vittatus. 

 Cuv. S,- Val. viii. p. 134*. 



D. 14 I 14 I IX. A. 11 I IX. (Vert. 41.) 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, and equal to the 

 length of the pectoral, the basal width of which is 4?^ in its length. 

 Above bluish ; on the sides and on the belly grej-ish, spotted witli 

 silvery. {Cuv.) 



Atlantic. 



13. Thynnus bilineatus. 



? Thynnus bicarinatus, Quoy^- Gaini. Vuy. Freyc. Poiss. p. 357. pi. 01 . 



f. 1 (vt'ry bad). 

 bilineatus, lliipp. N. W. Fische, p. 39. pi. 12. f. 2. 



I). 12 I :! I VI. A.j^|VI. 



The lateral line emits- a second branch beliind the pectoial, de- 



* (.'uvier refers a fish {Alha coreffa, mentioned hy I'ipon, |). 7-'{) to this species, 

 ;ind on the very next )iagc to Th/nvvf. hnlfrahis. 



