1. saurus. 395 



POsmerus fasciatus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 326. 

 ? Saurus fasciatus, Risso, Eur. Merid. hi. p. 464. 

 Saurus lacerta, Cuv. 8f Vol. xxii. p. 463 (not Risso). 



griseus, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 188. 



trivirgatus, Valenc. in Webb fy Berthel. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 72. 



pi. 15. fig. 1. 



B. 15-16. D. 11-12. A. 11-12. L.lat. 58-62. L.transv.^. 







The length of the head is one-fourth or a little more than one- 

 fourth of the total (without caudal). The entire upper surface of 

 the head from the supraorbital is corrugated. Snout broader than 

 long, pointed, with the jaws equal anteriorly, or with the upper jaw 

 a little longer than the lower. Dorsal fin scarcely higher than long ; 

 the pectoral extends to the ninth or tenth scale of the lateral line, 

 the ventral to the fifteenth of the median series commencing behind 

 its base. The series of scales on the tail with a scarcely perceptible 

 obtuse longitudinal keel 



Mediterranean and the neighbouring parts of the Atlantic. 



a. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 



b. Half-grown. St. Vincent. Presented by the Lords of the Ad- 



miralty. 



c. Adult. Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



d. Adult. Mediterranean. 



e. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Saurus atlanticus. 

 Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 41. 

 B. 15-16. D. 13. A. 9. V. 8. P. 12. L. lat. 59. L. transv. 4/7. 



Body cylindrical, tapering in front and behind ; its greatest depth 

 equals its width, and is one-half of the length of the head, which is 

 one-fourth of the total (without caudal). The hinder half of the 

 frontal bones and the occipitals corrugated, with smooth interspaces 

 between the groups of radiating striae. Tnterorbital space concave. 

 Snout a little broader than long, pointed, with the jaws equal ante- 

 riorly. There are sixteen or seventeen scales between the occiput 

 and the origin of the dorsal fin. Dorsal fin longer than high ; the 

 pectoral extends to the eleventh scale of the lateral line, the ventral 

 to the seventeenth of the median series commencing behind its base. 

 The series of scales on the tail not keeled. Vertical fins without 

 brown dots. 



Madeira. 



a. Adult : type of the species : not good state. Madeira. Presented 



by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 



b. Half-grown. Madeira. Presented by the Bcv. 11. T. Lowe. 



3. Saurus varius. 



? Salmo saurus, Block, xi. p. 115 (descript. part.), tab. 334. fig. 1. 



Salmo varius, Lacep. v. p. 224. pi. 3. fig. 3. 



Saurus variegatus, Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. p. 223. pi. 48. fig. 



