12, LicHiA. 477 



p. 434; Cm\ 8f Val. viii. p. 348; Cuv. Hi-gnc Anim. HI. Poiss. 

 pi. 54. f. 3. 

 Skeleton: At/ass. Itech. Poiss. Fos.s. v. p. 33. pi. C* 



D. 7 1 ^. A, 2 I J^. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length (to the 

 middle of the fork of the caudal) ; the upper maxillary reaclui.s 

 Homewhat bc^yond the vertical from the posterior rim of tlu; orbit. 

 The lateral line makes a semicircular curve above the pectoral. 

 Coloration unifcjrm : young specimens with seven or eight l^lackish 

 bars across the back. 



Mediterranean ; western coasts of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Three feet long : stuffed. 



h. Adult: stuifed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Ferity-two inches long : stuffed. Cape Seas. From Sir A. Smith's 



Collection. 



d. Half-grown : stuffed : not good state. Algoa Bay. From Sir 



A. Smith's Collection. 



2. Lichia glauca. 



Prima Glauci species, Rondel, p. 252 ; Willuyhhy, p. 297. 



Ijampugci, licllon. p. 155. 



Scomlxir, no. 5, Arledi, Genera, p. 52. 



glaucua, X. Syst. Nat. i. p. 494 ; Bl. Schn. p. 83 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. 



p. 593. 

 Gastero8t(!us glaucua, (Forst.) Bl. Schn. p. 539; Forst. Descript. Anim. 



cur. Liditenst. p. 5. 

 Caranx glaucus, Lae/'p. iii. pp. 58, CO. 

 Centrouotua glaycos, Jiisso, Ichlh. Nice, p. 194. 

 Lichia glaucua, liisso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 429; Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 358. 



pi. 23 J ; Webb Sf Berthel. lies Canar. p. 50. pi. 13. f. 1 ; Yarrell, 



Brit. Fishes, edit. 3. ii. p. 232. 



D.5-6|.^^. A. 21^-5^-. CiBC. pylor. 13-10. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 2|-2| in the total length (to the middle 

 of the fork of the caudal) ; the upp(ir maxillary reaches to, or slightly 

 beyond, the vertical from the antfsrior rim of the orbit. Th(! laiiual 

 lino is very little bent above the pectoral. Coloration uniform, 

 sometimes with indistinct vertical spots on the side ; the top of the 

 dorsal and anal fins deep black. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic;, from (Gibraltar to the coasts of Brazil 

 and to the Cape of Good Hope. 



a, h. Adult and half-grown. Mediterranean. 



c. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Lords of the Ad- 



miralty. 



d. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



e. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 /. Fine specimen. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



* This figure is erroneously named Lichia gUmcua in the explanation of the 

 plates: it is Lichia amia, from the Meditcrrunoan. 



