29. LAMPRIS, 415 



])ink or dirty-white tint. Inside of the mouth purplish or dark mul- 

 berry-red." 



inches, lines. 



Total lenp:th 35 4^ 



Length of the head 7 Ij 



Diameter of the eye 1 



Height of the body 10 3 



Thickness of the body 3 1^ 



Length of the pectoral fin 7 6 



of the ventral fin 1 



2S. MENE. 

 Meue, Lan-p. v. p. 479 ; Cia\ ^ Val. x. p. 103. 



Body much compressed, with prominent and trenchant abdomen, 

 naked ; mouth very protractile ; teeth in the jaws villiform, none on 

 the palate. A single long dorsal, -without distinct spinous portion ; 

 anal without spines, and with the rays enveloped in the skin, their 

 free extremities being very broad ; ventrals with one spine and five 

 soft rays. Branchiostegals seven ; air-bladder large, bifurcate pos- 

 teriorly. Pyloric appendages in increased number. 



East Indian Seas. 



1. Mene maculata. 



Zeus maculatus, BL Schn. p. 95. pi. 22. 



Mene anna Carolina, Lacep. v. pp. 479, 480. pi. 14. f. 2 



Russell, i. p. 47. pi. 60. 



Mene maculata, Cin\ Sf Val. x. p. 104. pi. 285 ; laim. Jtijwn. Poiss. 



p. 127. pi. 67. f. 8; Richards. IchtJt. Chin. p. 276; Cant. Catal. p. 154; 



Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 80 ; Ciiv. Rv</ne Anbn. III. 



Poiss. pi. 62. f. 2. 



B. 7. D. -^,. A. 30-32. V. 1/5. Ca;c. pylor. 25-30. 



40-41 ' ■■■ •' 



The first ventral ray veiy elongate. . The upper profile is nearly 

 horizontal, whilst the lower is nearly scmicircidar. The uppfcr part 

 of the sides with series of lead-coloured spots. 



East Indian Seas. 



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



Collection. 



b. Adult : dried. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



c. Adiilt. 



Younr/ age or distinct spedes ? Dorsal fin with nine spines, anal 

 Avith two ; the rays of the latter do not show any peculiarity. 



d. One inch long. Open sea. Presented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 



29. LAMPRIS. 



Lampris, Retzius in Nijn Handl. 1799, pt. iii. p. 91 ; Cuv. R^(/ne Anhn, 

 Chrysotosus, Lacep. iv. p. 58(5. 



Body compressed and elevated, covered with very small deciduous 



