4(JiJ CAIUNGID-E. 



6. SERIOLA*. 



Seriola, pt., Cuv. Ret/ne Aniin. ; Cui: ^ Val ix. p. 200. 

 Body oblong, slightly compressed, with the abdomeu rounded, 

 covered with small or rudimentary scales ; cleft of the mouth mode- 

 rate or rather T\dde. The first dorsal continuous, with the spines 

 .rather feeble ; the second and the anal much more developed, without 

 detached finlets. Generally a pair of spines before the anal, remote 

 from the remainder of the fin. Lateral line not armed. Praoper- 

 ciilum not denticulated. The teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and 

 the palatine bones form villiform bands. Branchiostegals seven; 

 air-bladder simple. Pyloric appendages in great number. 

 Inhabitants of nearly all the temperate and tropical seas. 



1. Seriola dumerilii. 



Caranx dumerilii, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 175. 



Seriola dumerilii, Risso, Eur. Mcrid. iii. p. 424 ; Cuv. 8f Val. ix. 



p. 201. pi. 258 ; Cuv. R^gne Amm. III. Poiss. pi. 56. f. 1 ; Guichen. 



Explor. Ak/e'r. Poiss. p. 62 ; Webh 8f Berthel. Res Canar. Poiss. p. 57. 

 Seriola purpurascens, S. auro-vittata, et S. quinque-radiata, Richards. 



Ichth. adn. p. 271 (not Schler/.). 

 purpm-ascens, ScMeg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 113. pi. 61 ; Bleek. 



Verlumd. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 103. 



D. 7 1 _1_. A. 2 I ^. CfEc. pylor. 50-60. Vert. 10/14. 



Scales very small. The height of the body is 3|-3|^ in the total 

 length, the length of the head four times. The snout is subconical, 

 of moderate extent, and 1| the length of the diameter of the eye ; 

 tlie maxillary reaches nearly to the vertical from the centre of the 

 eye. Abdomen c^-oad, not compressed ; the ventrals ai'e of moderate 

 length, one-half the distance between their base and that of the anal. 



Mediterranean ; Seas of Japan and China. 



a. European variety. Coloration uniform ; back bluish, belly sil- 

 very. 

 a. Fine specimen, Mediterranean. 



ft. Japanese variety. Coloration uniform ; back purpHsh, belly 

 silvery. 



h. Fine specimen. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 c. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



Schlcgel states that the spinous dorsal commences in a vertical 

 dra-\vn from the base of the pectoral in Seriola dumerilii, whil«t in 

 S. purpurascens its origin is situated in a vertical from behind the 

 base of the pectoral. I have found the position of this fin exactly 

 the same in Mediterranean specimens as in Chinese, namely behind 

 the vertical from the base of the pectoral. 



* 1. Seriola boscii, Cuv. 8f Val ix. p. 209.— Coast of Carolina. 

 2. succincta, Cuv. 8( Val. ix. p. 218. — Atlantic. 



