464 CAR.VNGID^. 



second dorsal, anal and caudal fins almost black ; ventrals mottled 

 blue, white and black." 



3. Seriola qninqueradiata. 



Schleg. Faun. Japon. Puiss. p. 115. pi. 62. f. 2. 



Scales very small. The height of the body is 4i in the total 

 length. The snout is elongate, conical. Abdomen bi'oad, rounded ; 

 the ventrals are of moderate length, their length being 2| in the 

 distance between their base and the origin of the anal. Coloration 

 uniform. (Schleg.) 



Sea of Japan. 



4. Seriola bonariensis. 



? Seriola rivoliana, Cuv. (Sr Val. ix. p. 207. 

 Seriola bonariensis, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 211. 



D-7|4. A.2|l. 



Scales small. The height of the body is 85 in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times. The snout is of moderate extent, 

 1| the diameter of the eye, and subconical ; the maxillary does not 

 reach to the vertical from the centre of the eye. Back, neck and 

 abdomen slightly compressed ; the ventrals are of moderate length, 

 and reach to the vent ; the soft dorsal is anteriorly half as high as 

 the body. Coloration uniform ; an oblique black band from the nape 

 of the neck through the eye to the prteorbital. 



Coast of Brazil. (Mediterranean ?) 



a. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 h. Young. 



5. Seriola falcata. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 210. 



l)-7|i- A.2|±. 



Scales small. The height of the body is rather more than the 

 length of the head, and one-fourth of the total. The snout is of 

 moderate extent, conical, and 1| as long as the diameter of the eye. 

 Abdomen broad, not compressed ; the soft doi^sal and anal pointed 

 anteriorly and elevated ; ventrals of moderate length. The max- 

 illary reaches somewhat beyond the vertical from the anterior mai'gin 

 of the eye. Coloration uniform. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. PameU's Collection. 



6. Seriola fasciata. 



Scomber fasciatus, Bl. taf. 341 ; Bl. Schn. p. 29. 

 Sjriola fasciata, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 211. 



D.7|5^. A.2|^-^,. 



Dorsal and anal fins not elevated. Body with sixteen narrow and 



