

Slorer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 107 



GENUS XX. CORYPH.ENA, Li.v. 



Body compressed, elongated, covered by small scales ; head compressed, 

 profile circular ; eyes low, approaching the angle of the mouth ; dorsal fin 

 rising from the cranium, and stretching continuously to the tail, towards which 

 it decreases in elevation. 



1. Coryphxna globiceps, Dekay. 



Body compressed, elongated. Head prominent, rounded, and much compressed above. 

 Length of the lobes of the caudal fin to the whole length as 1 to 4- 8. According to the 

 colored figure of this species in Dr. Dekay's Report, it is of a bluish green color, with yel- 

 low and reddish blotches. The dorsal, pectoral, and ventral fins are reddish brown. The 

 caudal is green at its base, and blue at its extremities. 



D.63. P. 21. V.7. A. 29. C. 19?. Length, -12 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Coryphsna hippuris, Common Coryphene, Mitchii.l, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soe. of N. y |l( 

 Corypha:na globiceps, Bottle-headed Dolphin, Dekav's Report, p. 132, pi. 10, fig. 29. 



2. Corypbcena Sueurii, Cuv. 



The height of the anterior rays of the dorsal fin to its length as one to seven and a half 

 D. 64. P. (?). V. (?). A.26. C. (?). Length, 3 feet. 

 Coast of the United States, Cuv. 



La Coryphene de Lesueur, Coryphtena Sueurii, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 302. 



3. Coryphoena virgata, Cuv. 



Back blue or green, spotted with yellow ; the sides of the head and the abdomen white. 

 The lower portion of the dorsal fin yellow, the upper blue ; all the other fins yellow. 

 D.44. P. (.'). V. (?). A. 25. C. (>). Length, (?). 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



La Coryphene rayee, Coryphrena virgata, Cuv. et V'ai.., ix. p. 303. 



4. Coryphaina dorado, Cuv. 



Much more elongated than the C. Sueurii. Spotted with black. The longest rays of the 

 dorsal nearly equal to one sixth the length of the fin. The oblong scales are larger than 

 those of any other Coryphene. 



D. 60or(il. P. (?). V. (?). A. 27. C. (?). Length, 3 feet, 8 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



La Coryphene dorade, Coryphtena dorado, Cov. cIVal., ix. p. 303. 



