3. HEMIKHAMPHirS. 259 



5. Scombresox saira. 



Brevoort, in Perry s Narrat. Exped. Chin. 8f Japan, ii. Fish. p. 281, 



pi. 7. fig. 4. 



This fish is known from a figure only ; and readily distinguished 

 by having the jaws scarcely produced, the eye being nearly midway 

 between the extremity of the snout and the opercular margin. The 

 fish is represented with five postdorsal, and four postanal finlets. 



The drawing is 11| inches long, and was made in Japan. 



3. HEMIRHAMPHUS*. 



Hemirhamphus, Cuv. Bkgne Anitn. 



Ilyporhamphus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 131, and 



18(«, p. 272. 

 Euleptorliamphus, Gill, I. c. p. 156. 



Zenarchopterus, Oxyporhamplius, Cftll, I. c. 180.S, p. 273. 

 Dermatogenys (K Sf v. H.), Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Perl. 1865, 



p. 133. 

 Heniirhaniphodon, etc., Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. p. 139. 



The lower jaw is prolonged into a long, slender beak ; the upper is 

 short, the intermaxiUaries forming a triangular more or less convex 



* 1. Hamiramphus marginatus, Lesiietir, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 134 



(not ForsJc.).—WQ9,i Indies.— D. 14. A. 12. 

 2. reynaldi, C. <^ V. six. p. 39 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 1G8. — Ceylon, 



Calcutta. — D. 16. A. 15. Closely allied to H. dussumierii. 

 3. xanthopterus, C cf- r. XIX. p. 47 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 101. — Ali- 



pey, fresh water.— D. 15. A. 16. 



4. leucopterus, C. <S)- V. xix. p. 48. — Bombay. — D. 16. A. 14. 



5. lucens, C. 4~ V. xix. p. 62. — Moluccas. 



G. erythrorinchus, Lesueiir, Juurn. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 137 ; 



C. Sf V. xix. p. 40. — Mauritius. 



7. Belone microstoma, Basilcw.'iky, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1855, p. 260. 



— China. 



8. Hemiramphus japonicus, Brevoort, in Perry's Narrat. Exped. China ^ 



Japan, ii. Fishes, p. 280. — Loo Choo. — Known fivm a figure only. 



9. depauperatus, Lay Sf Benn. in Brcchey's Voy. Zuol. Fish. p. 66. — 



Oahu. — D. 1.5. A. 13. The tyjjical specimen appears to be lost. 



10. argenteus, Bennett, Whaling Voy. ii. p. 269. — Founded on young 



specimens taken near the surface of the sea in lat. 3° S.. and 5° N., 

 Pacific Ocean. 



11. Esox ectuntio, Buck. Ham. Fish. Gang. pp. 212, 380; Hemirhamphus 



ectuntio, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bcng. 18.59, xxvii. p. 287. — Fresh waters 

 of Bengal.- D. 13. All. 



12. Esox angulatus. Buck. Ham. M. S. ; Hemirhamphus brachynotopterus, 



B/yfk, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. 1859, xxvii. p. 288 (not Bleeker). — ^Coast 

 of Bengal. 



13. Hemirhamphus plumatus, Bh/th, Journ. As. Soc. Benq. 1859, xxvii. 



p. 288.— Bengal and Ceyloii.— D. 15. A. 13. 



14. Euleptorhamphus brevoortii, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, 



p. IbQ.—Hab. ? D. 22. A. 22. 



15. Hemirhamphus filamentosus, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 297. — Cuba. — 



D. 12-14. A. 11-13. 



16. maerochirus, Poey. I. c. p. 299.— Cuba.— D. 11-14. A. 11-12 • the 



length of the pectoral exceeds the height of the body. 



17. viviparus, Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Bcrl. 1865, p. 133 — 



Sainar. — An spec. dist. ab H. brachynotopterot 



2. 



