404 SCUMIilUD.l-;. 



that of the anal 3^. Scales very small. Uuit'onu l)laeidsli, or willi 

 irregular light spots. 



Mediterranean ; coasts of France and south coast of England, 



a. Adult. 



h. Half-grown. From the Haslar (Jolleetion. 



3, Centrolophus ovalis. 



Centroloplms ovalis, Cur. ^- J^fd. ix. p. •34(5. 



Leivus hennettii, Lowe, Pioc. Cididh. Zixi/. S'oc. 18;)-"{, i. \). l4-"», nnd 



Triai.s. Ctunbr. riiilos. Soc. vi. p. 190. lab. o, and Tra/t-s. Zoo/. S<>c. 



ii. p. 179. 

 Ponipilus bennettii, Loice, Proc. Zool. «S'of. 18o9, p. 82, and Trans. Zool. 



Soc. iii. p. 8. 

 Crius bennettii, Valcnc. in Webb S^ Ihrtliel. Ih-s Canar. i'o/.s.v. p. 4-'>. 



13. 7. D. jEla- ^-lirSi- ^- ^'^^- ""''• '"^- ^'^''■^- 2'^- ^'*^^- W^^"''- ^'■ 

 The height of the body is onc-thii'd of the total length, the length 



of the head one-fourth. C-audal emarginate. Brownish (in spirits). 

 Sea off Xizza; Seas of Madeira and the Canary Ishinds. 



a, b. Fine specimens. Madeira. Presented by the Itev. IL T. Lowe. 



The differences of Centrolophus crassus, Cuv. & Val. ix. p. IMS, are 

 not yet sufficiently pointed out. 



Fifth Group. CORYPH^NINA. 



Scomhridiii will' one long dorsal fin witliuut distinct .s])inous di- 

 vision. No tcetli in the oesophagus. 



21. CORYPH-ENA*. 



Coryphcicna, (Aricdi) Cut: ^ Val. ix. p. 2G8. 

 Lampugus, Cuv. <^ Val. ix. p. 317. 



Body compressed, rafher elongate ; adult specimens ^\nth an ele- 

 vated crest on the skidJ ; cleft of the mouth wide. A single doi-sul, 



» 1. Guaracapemn, Marcf/r. p. KJO; Coryphoena marcgravii, C. if V. ix. p.301. 

 — Tropical pads pf the Atlantic. 



2. Coryplia-nasucrii, G. 4' V. ix. p. 3U2 ; Coryphaina globiccps, Dckui/, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 1^2. pi. 10. f. 29. — Atlantic coasts of the United 

 States. 



3. RcnarO., ii. IG, 7ti ; Corypli.'una vlamingii, C. ^ V. ix. p. 31;").-- East Indies. 



4. Corypliauia fasciolata, I'ull. Sjncil.y\ii.iah.'6.L2; Lampugus fasciolatus, 



Cuv. iSj- Val. ix. p. 328. — Aniboyna. 



5. nortoniana, ifvK;e, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 80, and Tratis. Zool. Soc. 



.iii. p. (5. — Sea of Madeira. 



G. azurea, Less. Voi/. Di'pcrrcji, Zool. ii. p. 153; Coryiilia;na lessonii. 



Cuv. tj- Val. ix. p. 307. — Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 

 7. socialis, Bennett, Whaling Voi/aye, ii. p. 274.— Tropical parts of tlie 



Pacific. 



