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SCOMBRID.E. 



Nomcus maculosa.*, Benn. Proc. Cotnm. Zoul. Sac. i. 1831, p. 14G. 



mauritii, Cuv. 4- ^«/. ix. p. 24.'}. 



Seriola argyronielas, C'ui\ ^- Vul. ix. pi. 262. 



Nomens maculaius, Valenc. in Cuv. Rhjne A)iim. Ill Poiss. pi. 56. f. 2. 



The maxillary reaches to below the anterior margin of the eye. 

 The vcntraLs extend to, the pectorals beyond, the anal fin. The 

 upper parts brown, the brown colour forming .several band-like s])ots 

 on the sides ; anal with three brown spots ; vcntrals black. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. The species appears to inhabit also 

 the Indian Ocean and the coasts of Australia. 



a, b. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir E,. Schomburgk. 



c. Adult : skeleton. South America. Presented by Sir li. Schom- 



burgk. 



d. Half-grown. South Atlantic. From Mr. J. Craneh's Collection. 

 e-y. Young. Australia. Presented by Captain P. King. 



h. Many young specimens. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. — (Probably tyjios oi Nomeus macuhsus, Penn.) 

 {. Many young specimens. From the Haslar Collection. 

 /.-. Half-gro'mi. 



I. Many young and half-grown specimens. 

 m. Adult and young specimens : not in a good state. 

 n. Young. 

 0. p. Very young. 



There are sixteen abdominal and twenty-five caudal vcrtchra', the 

 length of the former portion of the vertebral column being to that of 

 the latter as 1:1-5. The vertebrae are short, with the apophyses 

 feeble. The pubic bones are rather short and narrow. 



2. Nomeus peronii. 



aiv. 8c Val. ix. p. 247. 

 Vcntrals white, with two black cross-bands. {Cuv.) 

 Coast of Java. 



12. CUBICEPS. 



Cubiceps, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 82. 

 Atimoatoma, Smith, III. Zool. S. Africa, Fishes. 



Navarcluis, Filippi e Verany in Memor. della Accitd. Sc. Torin. sor. 2. 

 toiii. xviii. p. 7 (separate copy). 

 Body oblong, slightly compressed, with cycloid scales of moderate 

 size ; the cleft of the mouth narrow ; the snout swollen, obtuse, and 

 short. Pnuopcrcular mai'gin entire. The first dorsal continuous, 

 with about ten rather feeble spines ; the second and the anal are more 

 developed, scaly, without finlets ; no separate anal s])ines. Pectorals 

 rather elongate, and much longer thay the vcntrals. Lateral line 

 without any armature. Minute teeth in the jaAvs, and, in immature 

 specimens, on the palate. Branchiostegals five or six. 

 Mediterranean ; Sea of Madeira ; Cape Seas. 



