I-.\Ml'lilIill).K. 123 



THE OPAH (S\V. GLAN.SKISKEN). 



LAM PIUS PELAGICUS. 

 Fig. 34. 



DdisdJ si(h' dark Mecl-hhto, on the shies f/radualli/ shadinr/ info green irlth a Jnsfre of silver, piir})le and gold, 

 the o/iereiihon heing cspecioll// lustrous; the ventral side rose-red ; the Jins vermilion : tlie whole liodij streirn irith 



silvern and niilk-irhite sjwts: the iris golden red. 



„^f'^ 



'"^'^^ii^itiH;:!/^ 



m. 



Fig. 34. Opali, fri.iii the W. coast of Zealand (Denmark). Specimen belonging to the Museum of Upsala Univ. ' g llie natural size. 



R. br. 6 (7V); D." ~; A.'' ~; P. 24-23(21) + !; V. -^; 

 51 40 lo 



C. .r. + 17+.r. 



Syn. Zeus cauila bifurcn, colore nrgenteo purpiireoqne spleiideiis, 

 Sir6m, iSimdm. Beskr., 1, p. 325, tab. 1, fig. 20. 

 iScomher jielaijiais, Gunn., Norsk. Vid. Selsk. Skr. (Trondj.), 

 part. IV (Kldivn 1708), p. 92, tab. XII, fig. 1 (nee LiN.). 



Poisson Lune, Duh.\m., Peches, Sect. Ill, p. 74, tab. XV: 



Zeus lima, Gmel., Syst. Nat. Lin., I, p. 1225; Lacep. 



(Chrysotosus), Hist. iVa<. Foiss., vol. IV. p. 586; Gthb. 



{Lampris), Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., II, p. 41G; Malm, Gbgs. 



Bob. F,i.. p. 420: D.w, Fish. G:t Brit., Irel, vol. I, p. 



118, tab. XLII. 

 Zeus guttatiis, BbOnn., D. Vid. Selsk. Skr., Ny Saml., part. 3. 



p. 398, tab. A; Retz. {Lampris), Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1799. 



" D. according to LowE. 



52—54 



' A. according to Lowe. 



39—41 



