398 SCOMBEID.E. 



total length, the length of the head 5^. The vertical fins not ele\Tited. 

 Above bluish, with golden spots ; on the sides and on the beUy silvery, 

 with oblong blackish spots. 

 Mediterranean. 



Or-c. Adult. Mediterraneaji. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



2. Stromateus microchirus 



Seseriuus, Rondel, ix. cap. 20. p. 257. 



Centrolophus microchirus, Bonclli in Mem. Accad. Se. Torin. 



Fiatola fasciata, Hisso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 289. 



Seseiinus michochirus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 41G. pi. 27G. 



rondeletii, Cuv. JR.cy7ie Anirn. III. Poiss. pi. 63. f. 3. 



Stromateus microchirus, Bonap. Faun, Hal. Fesci, cum fig. 



B. 6. D. 49-50. A. 35-37. Y. ^,. 



Scales very small. Ventrals rudimentary, thoracic. The height 

 of the body is 2^ in the total length, the length of the head four 

 times. The vertical fins not elevated. Greyish, Avith eight or nine 

 blackish vertical bands. 



Mediterranean. 



This species loses, perhaps, the ventral fins with age. 

 3. Stromateus maculatus. 



Cuv. Sf- Val. ix. p. 399 ; Jenyns, Zool. Beayle, Fishes, p. 74 ; Gay, Hist. 

 Chile, Zool. ii. p. 248, All. Ictiol. lam. 3 bis, f. 1. 



B.6. Jy.L A. A 



Scales exceedingly small ; no trace of the ventral fins whatever ; 

 pelvis without spine ; no pores along the base of the dorsal. The 

 height of the body is contained three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 5|. The vertical fins not elevated. Above bluish, 

 with numerous round blackish spots ; below silvery. 



Pacific coast of South America. 



a. Adult. South America. From Mr. Bridge's Collection. 



4. Stromateus triacanthus. 



Stromateus triacanthus, Peck, 3Iem. Amcr. Acad. ii. pt. 2. p. 48. 



pi. 2. f. 2. 

 cr>T)tosus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^- Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 3Go. 



pi. 1.7. 3. 

 Peprilus crj'ptosus, Cuv. Bbgne Anitn. 

 Rhombus cryptosus, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 408. 

 Peprilus triacanthus, Storer, licp. Massach. p. ()0. 

 Rhombus triacanthus, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 137. pi. 2( 



f. 80. 



D-.-&- A. A Vort.|i. 

 Scales small ; no trace of the ventrals whatever ; jjclvis with a 



