400 SCOMBRIDiJ:. 



1| in the total length, the length of the head 4i-54 ; dorsal and 

 anal fins not produced, with the spines hidden and cartilaginous ; 

 caudal lobes equal in length ; lateral line not keeled. Greyish, ge- 

 nerally minutely dotted with brown. 

 East Indian Seas. 



7. Stromateus cinereus. 



Russell, i. p. 34. f. 45 (jnv.). 



Stromateus cinereus, Bl. xii. p. 90. t. 420 (middle age) ; lil. ScJui. 



p. 491 ; S/uiw, Zuol. iv. p. 109 ; Cant. Catal. p. 14:j. 



griseus, Cm: fy Val. ix. p. .395. 



Stromateoides cinereus, Blcek. 3Iakr. p. 3G8, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



3Iakr. p. 75. 



B.7. D. 7-8 1 3-^. A. 5 1 3-4. 



Scales very small. Vcntrals none. The height of the body is 

 one-half of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. Dorsal 

 and anal spines truncated and trenchant, more conspicuous in imma- 

 ture specimens than in adult ones ; dorsal and anal fins produced 

 anteriorly. The lobe of the dorsal equals the length of the pecto- 

 rals, which are 2| in the total. The upper caudal lobe is only one- 

 half of the lower, which equals the length of the body, the caudal 

 not included. The length of the anal lobe is equal to, or shorter 

 than, the lower one of the caudal. Lateral line not keeled. Greyish : 

 sides of the head and the vertical fins minutely dotted with black. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



8. Stromateus argenteus. 



Stromateus argenteus, Bl. xii. p. 92. tab. 421 ; Shaw, Znol. iv. p. 110 ; 



Cur. (^ Val. ix. p. 393 ; Cant. Catal. p. 142 ; Richards. Ichtlt. Clan. 



p. 272. 

 Russell, pp. 31, 35. pi. 42. 

 Stromateus candidus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 391 ; Bclanger, foy. p. 309. 



pi. 2. f. 2. 

 securifer, Citr. ^ Val. ix. p. 394. pi. 273 (young) ; (ant. Ann. 



(^ Ma(). Nat. Hist. ix. p. 15 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 273. 

 ? Stromateus punctatissinius, Schleg. Faun. Japan. I'oiss. p. 121. pi. (75. 



B.C. D. 5-9 1 5^3. A.6|3-i^,. Vert. 15/21. 



Scales very small. VentraLs none. The lieight of the body is 

 one-half of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. Dorsal 

 and anal si)ines truncated and trenchant, more c()nsi)icuous in imma- 

 ture; specimens than in adult ones ; dorsal and anal fins produced 

 anteriorly. The base of the first soft dorsal ray falls vertically at 

 some distance behind the base of the pectoral; the length of the 

 anal lobe exceeds slightly that of the dorsal, and ecpials in Icngtli 

 the pectoni, which, as well as the caudal lobes, is one-tliird of the 



