15, PAMMELAS. 485 



the dorsal and anal reach to, or somewhat beyond, the middle of the 

 tins. Dorsal, caudal, and anal lobes blackish ; sometimes a series 

 of indistinct blackish dots along the lateral line, which is nearly 

 straight. 



Seas of PondiJnerry, J ava, and Sumatra. 



a. Sumatra. 



8. Trachynotus cayennensis. 



Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 417, 



J).5|^, A.2|l. 



The spines of the dorsal and anal not short. The height of the 

 body is about one-third of the total length. {Cuv.) 

 Cayenne. 



9. Trachynotus melo. 

 Trachinotua melo, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 270. 



None of the dorsal rays produced. The height of the body is 2| 

 in the total length. Coloration uniform, 

 Chmese and Japanese Seas. 



15. PAMMELAS. 



Palinurus, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 118. 



Body compressed, oblong, cc veered with small cycloid scales ; cleft 

 of the mouth of moderate wddth, with the muzzle above swollen, 

 obtuse. Prse-, inter-, and suboperculum distinctly serrated. Two 

 dorsal fins : the first composed of seven short and free spines ; anal 

 with three spines, the first two short, imbedded in the flesh. Finlets 

 none. Teeth of the jaws in a single series ; palate smooth*. Bran- 

 chiostegals seven. 



Coast of New York. 



1. Pammelas perciformis. 



The Rudder-fish, Mitch. Trans. Lit. iir Phil, Soc. New York, i, pi. 10. 



f. 7 (without description). 

 Coryphaena perciformis, Mitch. Amer. Month. Mag. ii. p. 244. 

 Trachinotus argenteus, Storer, Mass. Report, p. 55. 

 Palinurus perciformis, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 118. pi. £4. 



f. 75, 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Bright 

 bronze -black, {Dekay.) 

 Coast of New York, 



* " No teeth in the pharynx," Dekay. 



