13. ARGENTINA. 203 



Silus ascanii, Reinh. Bemdrkn, til den Skand. Ichthyol. p. 11. 

 Argentina silus, Nilss. Obsei'vat. Ichthyol. Lund. 1835, pp. 1-7 ; Cuv. 



Sf Vol. xxi. p. 421 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 469. 

 Acantliolepis silus, Kroyer, Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 98 ; Gaimard, Voy. 



Scand. ^ Lap. Poiss. pi. 17 (not good). 



B.6. D.ll. A. 14. P. 17. V.12. L.lat. 66. L.transv.f. 



Vert. 65. 

 The length of the head is contained four times, or four times and 

 one-seventh, in the total (with the caudal), the height of the body five 

 times and a half; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the length 

 of the head, and a Kttle more than that of the snout. Scales spiny, 

 the points of the spiiies being directed backward. 



North-west coast of Norway. 

 a. Sixteen inches long. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



2. Argentina sphyrsena. 



Sphyrfena parva, Rondel, i. p. 227 ; cop. by Gcsner, pp. 883, 1061. 

 Argentina, Willuyhhy, p. 229; Hay, p. 108; Artedi, Synon. p. 17, and 



Ge>i. p. 8. 

 Argentina sphyrsena, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 518; Hisso, Ichthyol. Nice, 



p. 336, and Fur. Mcrid. iii. p. 462 ; Cuv. Mem. Mus. i. p. 234, 



pi. 11. fig. 1 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 476. 

 cuvieri, Cuv. ^ Val. xxi. p. 413. 



B. 6. D. 10. A. 12. P. 14. V. 11. L.lat. 52. Cajc. pyl. 12. 

 Yert. 50 (Nilss.). 

 The length of the head is contained four times, or four times and 

 one-third, in the total (with the caudal), the height of the body eight 

 times ; the diameter of the eye is a little less than one-third of the 

 length of the head, and nearly equal to the extent of the snout. The 

 ventral fins are inserted nearly in the middle of the total length (the 

 caudal not included). 

 Mediterranean. 



a. Seven inches long. Old Collection. 



b. Five inches long : bad state. Sicily. From W. Swainson's Col- 



lection. 



3. Argentina hebridica. 



Stromsild (Christiania). 



The Argentine, Low, Faun. Oread, p. 225. 



Argentina silus jun., Nilss. Observ. Ichthyol. I. c. 



Osmerus hebridicus, Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 133 ; Couch, 



Brit, Fish. iv. p. 297, pi. 233. 

 Argentina yarrellii, Cuv. Sr Val. xxi. p. 418 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 3rd 



edit. i. p. 300. 

 Argentina hebridica, Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 474. 



D. 9-11. A. 13(12). P. 13-14. V. 11. L. lat. 52-53. 



Csec. pyl. 14-20. Vert. 52. 



The length of the head is contained four times and four-fifths in 



the total (with the caudal), in younger individuals four times only, 



the height of the body five times and a hulf ; the diameter of the eye 



