396 SCOPELID^. 



Saurus minutus, Lesueur, Jburn. Acad. Sc. Philad. 1825, v. p. 118. pi. 5. 



synodus, Cuv. <$• Val. xxii. p. 477 (not synon.) ; Bleek. Nat. 



Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iii. p. 257. 

 lucius, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 232. pi. 100. fig. 1. 



B. 15-16. D. 12-13. A. 8-9. L. lat. 60-64. L. transv. ~. 



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

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

 bones and the occipitals with numerous fine, smooth striae ; inter- 

 orbital space slightly concave. Snout rather broader than long, 

 pointed, with the jaws equal anteriorly. There are twenty-one 

 scales between the occiput and the dorsal fin. Dorsal fin longer 

 than high ; the pectoral extends to the tenth scale of the lateral 

 line, the ventral to the fifteenth or seventeenth of the median series 

 commencing behind its base. The series of scales on the tail not 

 keeled. Vertical fins with brown dots, forming transverse streaks. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America ? Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a,b-c. Adult and half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d, e. Adult and half-grown. China. 



/. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 g. Half-grown: stuffed. 



4. Saurus intermedius. 



Saurus intermedius, Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 81. tab. 44. 

 auolis, Cuv. fy Val. xxii. p. 483. 



D. 11-12. A. 11-12. L. lat. 50-52. L. transv. ^. 



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

 (without caudal). The hinder half of the frontal bones with a few 

 inconspicuous striae ; interorbital space concave. Snout broader than 

 long, pointed, with the upper jaw scarcely longer than the lower. 

 Dorsal fin somewhat longer than high ; the pectoral extends to the 

 ninth or tenth scale of the lateral line, the ventral to the eleventh 

 of the median series commencing behind its base. An obtuse keel 

 along the caudal portion of the lateral line. A black blotch on the 

 scapulary part of the gill-opening. Dorsal and caudal 'fins with 

 brownish transverse bands. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a-d. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 

 Collection. 



e. Adult. Demerara. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



/. Fine specimen. Bahia From Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 



g. Fine specimen. S. America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



h. Adult. Old Collection. 



5. Saurus fcetens. 



Saurus, sp., Catesby, South Carolina, ii. p. 2. tab. 2. fig. 2; Sloanc, 



Jamaica, tab. 251. fig. 1. 

 Salmo fa-tens, L. St/st. Xat. i. p. 513. 

 Coregonus ruber, Laccp. v. pp. 244, 263. 



