360 — Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
5. Coryphena dolfyn, Cuv. 
The crest is lower, the rays of the dorsal fin are more slender, the ventrals are narrower 
and shorter, and the scales are smaller, than inthe C.dorado. Green above, beneath yellow, 
sprinkled over the entire surface with blue spots ; dorsal fin blue, anal yellow. 
D.59. P. (2). V.(?). A.27. C. (2). Length, 3 feet, 3 inches, 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
La Coryphéne dauphin, Coryphana dolfyn, Cuv. et Vau., 1x. p, 305. 
GENUS XXI. TEMNODON, Cvv. 
Has the tail unarmed, the little fins or the detached spines before the anal, 
as in Seriola; the first dorsal is fragile and low, the second and the anal 
are covered with small scales; but the principal character consists in a row 
of separated, pointed, and cutting teeth at each jaw ; behind the upper ones 
is a row of smaller teeth, and there are some fine as velvet on the vomer, 
palate, and tongue. ‘The operculum terminates in two points, and there are 
seven rays to the gills. 
' 1. Temnodon saltator, Cuv. 
Body oblong, subcylindrical, compressed. All the upper part of the body of a bluish 
color ; lower part of the sides, as well as of the abdomen, whitish. Pectorals, second dor- 
sal, and caudal fins, greenish brown. Ventral and anal fins white, tinged with blue. 
D.7-26. P.17. V.6. A.28. C.19. Length, 18 inches. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Ayres, Linstey. New York, Mircurun, De- 
Kay. South Carolina, Lin., Cuv. 
Saltatrix, Skipjack, Green-fish, Liv., Carzsny’s Hist. Carol., m. pl. 14. 
Gasterosteus saltatrix, Skipping Stickleback, Suaw’s Gen. Zool., 1v. p. 609. 
Scomber plumbeus, Horse Mackerel, Mircuiit, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 424, pl. 4, fig. 1. 
Le Temnodon sauteur, Temnodon saltator, Cuy. et Van., 1x. p. 225, pl. 260. 
Temnodon saltator, Blue-fish, Srorrer’s Report, p. 57. 
Ke af a Dexay’s Report, p. 130, pl. 26, fig. 81. 
GENUS XXII. LAMPUGUS, Cuv. 
Head oblong ; central crest of the forehead much lower than in the Cory- 
phena ; dorsal fin equal, and low throughout its whole extent. 
1. Lampugus punctulatus, Cuv. 
Sea-green above the lateral line; silvery on the sides, with metallic reflections on the 
opercles. Dark reddish-brown stripes across the head; a series of distant rounded spots 
