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SCOMBUIIJ.K. 



5. Coryphaeria punctulata, 



Lampiigas punctulatus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. IV27 ■ ? Dehaii, Faun. Netv 



York, Fishes, p. 134. pi. 11. fio-. ?,\. 

 ? Sarda immaciilata, Gronov. Si/st. e<L Onnj, p. 120 (uot syn.). 

 B. 51. A. 25. 

 The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and one-fourth of the total (A\dthout caudal). The ten or twelve 

 posterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins have their extremities di- 

 lated and projecting beyond the membrane, by which they are con- 

 nected at the base. Silvery, darker on the" back, with scattered 

 black dots. (Guv.) 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. (? Latitude of New York.) 



6. Coryphaena neapolitana. 



Lampugus ueapolitauus, Cut\ ^- Val. ix. p. 325. 

 D. 44. A. 23. 

 The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length (the caudal 

 included). Back lead-coloured, with a series of blue spots. (Cuv.) 

 Meditei-ranean (Naples). 



22. BRAMA. 



BrSi.m^,iSchneid.) Risso, Eur. Mcrid. iii. p. 433: Cuv. SfVal. vii. p. 281. 



Body compressed and more or less elevated, covered with rather 

 small scales ; cleft of the mouth very oblique, with the lower jaw 

 longest. Dorsal and anal fins elongate, the former Avith three or 

 four, the latter with two or three s]nnes ; caudal deeply forked ; ven- 

 trals thoracic, Avith one spine and five rays. The jaws with an outer 

 series of stronger teeth ; the teeth of the palatine bones and of the 

 vomer are easily lost. Opercles entire. Seven branchiostegals ; air- 

 bladder none. Pyloric appendages in small number. 



Mediteri'ancan ; Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa ; Indian 

 Ocean ; Australia. 



1 . Brama rail 



Brama mnviiia, R(u/, Si/nops. p. 11') ; Wilhij/hhjj, tab. 5. f. 12. 

 DnluDiK/l, Prclics, iii. p. 2(). pi. (!. f. 1 ; Pnmuid, Brit. Zoo/, iii. pi. 43. 

 Sparuf? raji, BL taf. 273 ; Donor. Brit. Fishes, ii. pi. 37; Shaw, Zool. iv. 



p. 404.' 

 Brama raii, BL Schn. p. 99 ; Risso, lehth. Nice, p. 248, and Em: 3Ierid. 



iii. p. 433 ; Cur. c^- Vul vii. p. 210. pi. 190 ; Ram. Fishes Frdh of Forth, 



p. 49; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 2nd (idil. i. p. 1.'53, 3rd edit. ii. 'p. I (if); 



Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soe. iii. p. 8 ; (iuiehen. Explor. Ahjer. Poiss. p. 50. 

 Sparus oastan(>ola, Lacep. iv. p. 110; SJiaw, Zoo/, iv. p. 424. 



niger, Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 98. 



? CUiTctodon, sp., Coueh. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 78. 

 Skeleton : Rosenth. Ichthyot. Taf e/n. taf. 12. f. 1. 



^■WT^- ^-l- I- Int.- 80 -95. L. transv. 13/23. Cirr. prior. 5. 

 Thf great''sf bciglit oi tbo body is below the oiigi)i o| ihe dorsal. 



