3. PELAMYS. 367 



scending in a strong curve towards the belly, and running parallel 

 to the ventral line. Coloration uniform. {Rupp.) 

 Red Sea. 



3. PELAMYS. 



Pelamys, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 149. 



Body oblong or slightly elongate ; cleft of the mouth wide. The 

 first dorsal continuous, with the spines rather feeble or of moderate 

 strength, and extending on to the second ; seven to nine spurious 

 fins behind the dorsal and anal (six in P. nuda). Scales of the pec- 

 toral region forriiing a corslet. Teeth of moderate strength ; teeth 

 on the palatines, none on the vomer. A longitudinal keel on each 

 side of the tail. Seven branchiostegals ; air-bladder none. Pyloric 

 appendage dendritical. 



Seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 



1. Pelamys sarda. 



Amia, Rondel p. 238. 



Sarda, Rondel, p. 248 (juv.). 



Pelamys, Salviani, f. 123 ; Bellon. p. 179. 



Thynnus, Aldrov. iii. e. 18. p. 313. 



Pelamys bellonii, Willughhy, p. 180. 



Scomber, no. 2 (Thynnus thynnus), var., Artedi, Synon. p. 50. 



pelamys, Rrihin. Ichthyol. Massil. p. 69. 



sarda, Bhch, x. p. 35. taf. 334 ; £1. Schn. p. 22 ; Mitch. Trans. 



Lit. ^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 428 ; Lacep. iv. pp. G99, 700. 

 mediterraneus, Bl. Schn. p. 23; De la Roche, Ann. Mas. xiii. 



p. 336. 



ponticus. Pall. Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. p. 17. 



Thynnus sardus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 417. 



Pelamys sarda, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 149. pi. 217 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 



i. p. 159 ; Storer, Fishes Massach. p. 4 ; Dekay, New York Famia, 



Fishes, p. 106. pi. 9. f. 27 ; Cuv. Rk/ne Anim.' III. Poiss. pi. 48. f. 2 ; 



Guichen. Fxplor. Alqer. Poiss. p. 58 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. 



Merid. iii. p. 392 ; Lowe, P-oc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 248 ; IFebb S,- Ber- 



thel. lies. Canar. Poiss. p. 50. 

 Slieleton : Rosenthal, Ichthyot. Tafeln. t. 17. f. 3 (Scomber sarda). 



D. 22 I ^ I VIII.-IX. A. :^ I VII. Vert. 50*. 



Teeth of moderate size, sHghtly compressed ; the length of the pec- 

 toral is one-tenth of the total. The corslet is very distinct, but docs 

 not extend beyond the point of the pectoral. Back bluish, -with dark 

 oblique streaks ; boUy silvery. Young individuals with dark cross- 

 bands on the back. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Capi of Good Hope. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. 

 b-f. Half- grown : have been in chloride of zinc. North America. 

 Purchased of Mr. \Yarwiek, 



* AcTOrding to Rosenthal 27/27. 



