25. scnEDOPiiiL'JS 411 



anal fin stronger than the others. Head md body silvery- white ; 

 the tirst dorsal and the anal deep violet-blue, with short gold and 

 green iridescent stripes between the rays. 

 Sea of Madeira. 



a. Old Collection, as Coryphcena velifera. 



Lov^e has observed in jfresh examples, that the hindmost part of 

 the dorsal fin is detached from the rest, and that the ventral fins are 

 composed of six rays. Unfortunately, both those parts, being of an 

 extremely delicate structure, are nearly entirely destroyed in the 

 specimen in the British Museum Collection. 



2. Pteraclis ocellatus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 303. pi. 271 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 66. f. 2. 



B. 7. D. 45-46. A. 42. V. 4. L. lat. 50-54. L. transv. 17. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. Silveiy ; the dorsal fin with a blue spot at the top. 

 Canal of Mozambique. 



3. Pteraclis carolinus. 



Cuv. 4- Val ix. p. 308. 



D. *2. A. 44. C£ec. pylor. 6. 

 Silvery. {Cuv.) 

 Coast of Carolina. 



4. Pteraclis velifer. 



Pteraclis, sp., Gronov. I. c. tab. 11. f. 1. 

 Coryphtena velifera. Pull. Spicil. viii. p. 19. tab. 3. f j 

 Pteraclis velifera, lil. Schn. p. 143. tab. 35 (not g^od)! 

 Oligopodus veliferus, Lacep. ii, pp. 511, 512. 

 Pteraclis guttatus, Ctiv. 8,- Val. ix. p. 370. 

 pinnata, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 170. 



B. 7. D. 55. A. 51. 



Silvery ; the vertical fins brown, with whitish spots. {Pall.) 

 Indian Ocean. 



25. SCHEDOPHILUS. 



Schedophilus, Cocco in Giorn. Innom. Mess. Ann. iii. 

 Criiis, sp., Valenc. in Webb ^ Berthel. lies Canur. Poiss. p. 45. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with minute scales ; cleft of the 

 mouth of moderate width, with the jaws equal ; eye moderate ; praj- 

 opercular margin spiny. One dorsal, commencing behind the nape 

 of the neck, formed by flexible spines and branched rays, extending 

 nearly along the whole back ; anal similar to the dorsal, but much 

 shorter. Ventrals thoracic (subjugular in Scli. macuJaUi^), formed by 

 one spine and five rays. A series of small teeth in the jaws ; palate 

 smooth, Branchiostcgals seven ; pseudobranchia} ; air-bladder (?). 



Mediterranean, and the neighbouring parts of tlif Atlantic ; 

 Chin esc Sea. 



