4. AEGYEEIOSUS. 459 



that of the back, A blackish spot on the straight portion of the 

 lateral line. 



a, b. 1^ inch long. 

 c. One inch long. 



The skeleton is so extremely similar to that of Caranx gallus, that 

 we should not hesitate to unite both fishes in one and the same genus, 

 if the priacipal character of Caranx, the shielded lateral line, were 

 not lost by so doing. The pubic bones are very small in this species ; 

 the second interhasmal is united with the first, and the third and the 

 foui'th have flat processes anteriorly, by which they are joined to the 

 preceding spines. 



2. Arg3rreiosus setipiMnis. 



Silver-fish, Funnel, Dampier^s Voy. p. 8. i. 8. 



Rhoniboida, Broivn,^aniaica, p. 455. 



Poisson lune, Desmarchais, Voy. ii. p. 23 ; Barbot, Collect, of Voy. 



pi. F. f. 128. 

 Zeus setapinnis, Mitch. Trans. Lit. 8f Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 384. 



pi. 1. f. 9. .. 

 V&mer brownii, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Agass. Spix, Pise, Bras. p. 110. 



tab. 57 ; Cuv. 8; Val. ix. p. 189. pi. 256 ; Cuv. Bhqne Anim. HI. Poiss. 



pi. 59. f. 3 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 127. pi. 25. f. 78 ; 



Guichen. in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss. p. 116. 

 Skeleton : Agass. Poiss. Foss. v. p. 17. pi. A. 



I>-8|iI^- ^-J^- ^-l/S- Vert. 10/14. 



The spinous dorsad and the ventrals short, little developed ; the soft 

 dorsal and the anal not elongate. The height of the body is 1|— 2^ 

 in the total length. The highest point of the upper profide is above 

 the eye. Uniform silvery. 



Pyloric appendages very numerous. 



Atlantic ; coast of Peru. 



A. The height of the body is more than one-half the total length ; 

 D. 8 I ^. A. j^. Perhaps a species. 



a. Fine specimen. Pernando Po. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



b. Fine specimen. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



c. d. Half-grown. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



e, f. Half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



g-i. Young : skins. Jamaica. 



k. Adult : skin. West Indies. 



I. Adult : stufied. Bahia. 



m. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



n. Young : very bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



0. Young. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



B. The height of the body is less than one-half of the total length ; 

 D. 8 I ^. A. ^. Perhaps a species. 



a. Adult. St. Vmcent. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



