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(5. NAUCRATES. 



Naucrates, (^Rojiinaque) Cur. liajuc Anim. ; Cue. ^ Vol. viii. p. 312. 



Body ohlonfi-. snljcylindrical, covered with small scales ; cleft of 

 the mouth moderate ; a keel on each side of the tail ; the spmous 

 dorsal reduced to a few free spines ; spurious fins none ; ventrals 

 thoracic. Villifoi'm teeth in the jaws, on tlie vomer and the palatine 

 bones. r{ranchioste<;'als seven ; air-bladder present, small. Pyloiic 

 ap])iMidag<\s in moderate number. 



All the seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 



1 . Naucrates ductor. 



The Pilot. 



Tlu[nn\os, ^h'aii. ii. c. lo, xv. c. 23 ; Athvn. vii. 282 ; Oppian. i. p. b"SS. 



I'oinpilus, Orid. Hal. v. 101; Plin. ix. c. 15, xxxii. e. 11; (jcs)ier, 



p. 881 ; Aldrm: iii. c. 19. p. 325 ; WiUuf/hhy, p. 215, Apj). pi. 8. f. 2 : 



liai), p. 101 (not Itdiidcl.). 

 Pilote, Dutvrtrc, Hist. Anfilles, ii. p. 223. 

 Corvpliajiia, no. 3, Arfcdi, Gvnvrn, p. 10. 

 Gasterosteus ductor, L. Si/.sf. Nat. i. p. 480 ; Brii/ni. Pwr. Mass. p. (>" ; 



Bcinictt, llludiiH/ Voi/df/c, ii. p. 274. 

 Scomber, sp., Groiior. Zoopin//. no. 300 ; Kor/icutcr, Nor. Comm. Pe- 



trop. ix. p. 404. t. 10. f. 4, '5. 

 Gasterosteus .antecessor, Daldorf, Skji'rf. Ned. Sclsk. Kjobinh. ii. 



p. 1C3. 

 I)uh,imH, Pf'ches, ii. - rt. 4. pi. 4. f. 4, ])1. 0. f. 3. 

 Scomber ductor, 2)7. t. "J^; ]}I. ^Srlni. ]). 32; Hassdq. Iter, p. 330; 



3Iitch. Trans. Ld. c^ 7%//. -SV)C. New York. i. p. 424. 



koelreuteri, Ii!. Srlui. p. 570. 



Centronotus conductor, Laccp. iii. p. 311 ; Eissn, Ichth. Nice, p. 428. 



and I^ur. Mrrid. iii. p. 193; Coucli, Linn. J'rans. xiv. p. 82. 

 Naucrates ductor, Cuv. 8)- Val. viii. p. 312. pi. 232; Yarrcll^Brit. 



Fi.shcs, i. p. 170; Guichcn. Explor. uih/rr. Poiss. p. (K). 



novt'boraci'usi?, Cuv. ^S" Val. viii. p. 325. 



indicus. Cur. Sf Val. viii. p. 32('> ; Cur. Pif/nr Anim. III. Poiss. 



pi. 54. f. 1 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. Poiss. p. 157. pi. 14; liicliardson, 



Ichth. Chin. p. 209. ' 



koelreuteri, Cuv. %■ Val. viii. p. 327. 



Thjnnus pompilus, Gronor. S>/st. ed. Gray, p. 123. 



D. 3-0 I ^. A. ,-^. Caoc. pylor. 12-15. Vert. 10/10. 



Jiluish, with five to seven dark vertical bars. 



Nearly all the seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 



a. Adult : .stuffed. Pol])erro. 



b. A(hilt: stufi'cd. Falmouth, i resented by W. C. Cocks, Escp 



c. Fine specimen, Madeira. Pro: onted by the Rev. ]{. T. Lowe. 



d. Half-grown: stuffed: not good state. Cape Seas. From Sir A. 



Smith's Collection. 



e. Young. South Pacific. Voyage of tlic ' Hei'ald.' 



f. Half-groA\Ti. N.W. coast of America. Presented by Lieut. Wood . 

 If. Advdt. Presented by T. Inglis, Ksf]. 



h. Adult. From ibe Il'aslar ('..ll.M|i<.ii. 

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