5. CYBIUM. 373 



Scoinberonioius pliimieri, Lacep. iii. pp. 292, 293. 

 Cybium regale, Cuv. ^- Val. viii. p. 184. 



D. 17 I ^ I VII-VIII. A. ^ I VIII. 



Teeth triangular, strongly compressed. The lateral line descends 

 obliquely, and is slightly waving on the tail. Pectoral scaly. A 

 brownish longitudinal band commences from the pectoral, and there 

 are spots of the same colour above and below the band ; anterior 

 portion of the dorsal fin black. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a-e. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 /. Adult : stuffed. Jamaica. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 

 g. Adult. 



10. Cybium caballa. 



Guarupucu, Marcgr. p. 178. 

 Scomber raaximus, &c., Broivn, Jam. p. 452. 



Cybium caballa, Cuv. df Val. viii. p. 187 ; Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss. 

 p. 103. 



D. 14 U I IX. A. -^ I IX. 



I 15 I 15 I 



Teeth triangular, strongly compressed, widely set. The lateral 

 line descends abruptly below the second dorsal. Pectoral scaly at the 

 base only. Sides of the body with indistinct darker spots ; the first 

 dorsal blackish above. 



Atlantic shores of tropical America. 



a, b. Half-grown. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 

 c. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. PameU's Collection. 



11. Cybium flavo-brunneum. 



Smith, lU. Zool. S. Afr. Fishes, pi. 20. 



D-12|^|V. A.A|iv. 



Teeth conical, slightly bent inwards, those of the lower jaw three 

 times larger than those of the upper. Scales small, very distinct. 

 The first dorsal low, with feeble spines ; pectoral scaly. Uniform 

 brown (in a dried state). 



Cape Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. From Sir A. Smith's Col- 

 lection. — Type of the species. 



12. Cybium sara. 

 Benn. in Beecheg^s Voy. Zool. p. 63, pi. 20. f. 2. 

 D. 25 1 ? I IX. A. ? I IX. 

 Teeth triangular, strongly compressed, forming a kind of scrviituro. 

 {Benn.) 



Near Loo-choo. 



