21. CAPROS. 495 



3, Psenes leucurus. 



? Cuv. ^ Vol. ix p. 265 ; Jenyns, Zool. Beagle^ Fishes, p. 73. 

 D.10|^. A.^^.' 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length. Fins black or 

 dusky ; caudal whitish. 



Indian Ocean; Port Jackson; Pacific, in Lat. 17° 12' S., Long. 

 36° 33' W. 



a-c. One inch to 1| inch lojjg. 



d. One inch long. Presented by the College of Surgeons. 



e. Two inches long. (Gulf of Guinea ?) 



/. One inch and a half long. Presented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 

 g, h. One inch long. Presented by J.. B. Godfrey, Esq. 



4. Psenes guamensis. 



Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 266. 



D-9|4 A- 1- 

 The heiglit of the body is 2\ in the total length. Reddish, with 

 darker longitudinal streaks. {Cuv.) 

 Sea of Guam. 



5. Psenes anomalns. 



Trachinotus anomalus, Temm. 8;- Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 107. 



pi. 57. f. 2. 

 Psenes anomalus, Bleeker, Japan, p. 409, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxvi. 



Japan, p. 104. 



B. 7. D. 6 I 29. A. 3 | 26. L. lat. 55. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 4-4^. The snout is truncated, and much shorter 

 than the diameter of the eye, which is one -third the length of the 

 head. The spinous dorsal is very low. Coloration uniform ; a large 

 violaceous spot on the shoulder. 



Sea of Japan. 



21. CAPROS. 



Capros, Lacep, iv. p. 590 ; Cuv. R}>gne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. x. p. 29. 



Body compressed and elevated ; mouth very protractile. Scales 

 rather small, spiny. Two contiguous dorsals, the first with nine 

 spines, the anal with three. No bony plates along the base of the 

 dorsal and anal fins. Ventral fins composed of one spine and five 

 rays. Minute teeth in the jaws and on the vomer, none on the 

 palatine bones. Branchiostegals five; air-bladder large. Pyloric 

 appendages in small number. 



Mediterranean ; south coast of England. 



1. Capros aper. 

 The Boar-fish. 



Aper, Rondel, v. cap. 27. p. 101 ; Aldrov. iii. cap. 12. p. 297; Jonston, i. 

 tit, i. cap. i. art. 4 ; Willuyhby, p. 296. tab, .T. 4. f, 4 ; Bay, p. 99, 



