250 PEKCiDJS. 



without canines ; no teeth on the palatine bones. Two dorsals, sepa- 

 rated by an interspace, the first with seven, the anal fin with two 

 spines. No denticulations on the edges of the bones of the skull ; 

 operculum with two very feeble points, praeoperculum with promi- 

 nent rounded and striated angle. Scales moderate, slightly adherent. 

 Pancreatic caeca in considerable number. 

 Mediterranean. 



1. Pomatomus telescopium. 



Eisso, IcUhyol. Nice, p. 301. pi. 9. f. 31 ; Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 171. pi. 24, 

 \-i. p. 49.5; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 173; Guichen. Explor. 

 Scient. Alger. Poiss. p. 32 ; Barker- Webb 8f BeHhel. Hist. Nat. lies 

 Canar. Ichthyol. pi. 1. 



D. 7 1 ^. A. |. L. lat. 40. Csec. pylor. 22. 



Height of the body rather more than one-fourth of the total length ; 

 eye very large, one-third of the length of the head ; caudalis forked. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Mediterranean ; Canarian Islands. 



a. Young. Sicily. 



49. ACROPOMA. 



Acroporaa, 2'emm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 31. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, with canines in both the 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones. Two dorsals, the first with seven 

 (eight) spines, the anal fin wdth three. Operculum produced into 

 a long denticulated point, praeoperculum entire. Anus nearer th^ 

 root of the ventrals than the origin of the anal. Scales moderate, 

 deciduous, minutely ciliated. 



Japanese Sea. 



1. Acropoma japonicum. 



Acropoma, sp., Temm. <§- Schleg. I. c. pi. 12. f. 2, 3. 



D.7(8)l^. A.f 



Spines of the fins slender; lower jaw longest; caudaUs forked. 

 Coloration uniform. 

 Japanese Sea. 



