2. SCOMBRESOX. 257 



As in Belone, the jaws are not produced in very young fishes, and 

 during growth the lower jaw is much in advance of the upper- 



1. Scomhresox saurus. 



Saury or Skipper. 



Lacertus vel Sauruo, Willughhy, Hist, Pise. p. 232. 



Skipper, Huy, Synops. p. 165. 



Esox saurus, Walbaum, Artedi, iii. p. 93 ; Bl. ScJin. p. 394, taf. 78. 



fig. 2; Rackett, Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 60, tab. 5; Turton, Brit. 



Faun. p. 105 ; Neill, Werner. Mem. i. p. 541 ; Donoo. Brit. Fish. 



V. pi. 116. 

 Saury Pike, Penti. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 284, pi. 64 ; or edit. 1812, iii. 



p. 424, pi. 75 ; and Tour Scotl. 2nd edit. p. 298, tat. 17. f. 2 ; Yarr. 



Brit. Fish. i. p. 394, and 2nd edit. i. p. 446. 

 Scomberesox caniperii, Lacep. v. p. 345, pi. 6. fig. 3 ; Cuv. 8f Vol. xviii. 



p. 464, pi. 551 ; Kroyer, Dan?n. Fish. iii. p. 278 • Thomps. Nat. 



Hist. Ireland, iv. p. 142 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 3rd edit. i. p. 465 ; 



Niks. Ofvers. Sven^k. Vet. Acad. Forhandl. 1864, p. 501. 

 Scomberesox saurus, Flem. Brit. An. p. 184 ; Parnell, Werner, Mem. 



vii. p. 276. 

 J3elone saurus, Jenyns, Man. p. 419. 

 Bill-fisli, Stoi-er, Fish. Massach. p. 100. 

 Scomberesox storeri, Dvkay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 229, pi. 35. 



fig. Ill (very bad). 



Young (2-3 inches long). 



Scomberesox scutellatum, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. 



. 1821, p. 132. 

 Scombreso.x scutellatus, Cuv. ^ Val. xviii. p. 477. 



B. 13. D. lO-ll+V-VI. A. 134-VI-VII. P. 12. V. 6. 

 L.lat. IID. 



Lower jaw longer than the upper. The length of the head is about 

 two-sevenths of the total (without caudal) in full-grown individuals ; 

 but the snout is considerably shorter in young specimens. Base of 

 the ventral fin midway between the root of the caudal and the ante- 

 rior margin of the eye. The diameter of the eye is contained t-wice 

 and two-thirds iu the length of the postorbital part of the head. 

 Air-bladder present, large. 



Atlantic coasts of Europe, Africa, and North America. 



a. Adult. Norftdk. Presented by Messrs. OlKff & Co. 



b. Adult : skin, bad state. England. 



c. Half-grown. Banks of Newfoundland. Presented by W. Win- 



stone, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 e~g. Adult and half-grown : skins. Cape of Good Hope. Presented 



by Sir A. Smith. 

 h, {, Half- grown. 



Youtiff examples. 



Ic, Z-p. From 1^ to 7 inches long. Atlantic, 3° N. of the line. Pre- 

 sented I5y J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 

 VOL. vr. 



