21. coRYrniENA. 407 



i. Fourteen inches long. 



l\ Thirty-five inches long : stuffed : painted green ; shining golden 



on the back, with large round golden spots ; lower parts golden ; 



caudal dark green. 



2. Coryphsena pelagica. 



Scomber pelagicus, L. Mas. Ad. Fried, p. 72. pi. 30. f, 3, and Syst. Nat. 



I. p. 490 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1336 ; Gronor. Zuojihi/I. sp. 300. 

 Caranxoraorus pelagicus, Lncep. vii. p. 26. 

 Cychla pelagica, Bl. Schn. p. 341 (not syn.). 

 Coryphiena pelagica, Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. p. 340; Bonap, Faun. Ital. 



Pesci\ cum fig. 



azorica, Ctiv, S,- Val. ix. p. 306. 



Lampugus sicuhis, Cuv. Si- Val. ix. p. 323. pi. 268. 



D, 54. A. 25. Vert. 30. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 

 nearly one-fifth of the total (without caudal). The origin of the 

 anal falls vertically below the middle of the total length (witliout 

 caudal). Grejdsh-silvery, sometimes with a dorsal series of large 

 black spots. 



Mediterranean ; Azores. 



3. CorjrphsBna scomberoides. 



LacSp. iii, p. 193 ; Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 315 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Nederl. iii. Celebes, p. 7. 



B. 7. D. 59-60. A. 28-29. 



The height of the body equals the length of the'^iead, and is one- 

 sixth of the total (the caudal included). The upper maxillary 

 reaches to below the posterior half of the eye. The length of the 

 pectoral is 8| in the total. Coloration uniform. 



Sea of Macassar (Pacific). 



4. Coryphsena equisetis. 



Barbot, Collect, of Voy. 8)- Tniv. v. pi. 29. 



Coryphsena equisetis, L. Si/st. p. 446; Osbeck, Reise nach China, p. 404; 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 297. pi. 207; Webb ^Berthcl. lies. Canar. Poiss. 



p. 58. pi. 21 ; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 7 ; and Fishes of 



Madeira, p. 67. pi. 10. 



D. 53-58. A. 27. Vert. i^J. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length (without caudal), 

 the length of the head nearly five times. The maxillary reaches 

 nearly to the vertical fi-om the centre of the eye. Dried specimens 

 do not exhibit any spots on the lower part of the side, or the spots 

 are small and indistinct. 



Atlantic ; Mediterranean. 



o,b. Twenty-seven inches long: stuffed. Atlantic. From Sir A. 



Smith's Collection, 

 r, d. Young. 



