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Synopsis of the Species *. 



A. D. VIII 88-40 ; conspicuous pores on the body. 



Depth of body 4-4^ times in total length 'i. S. porosa. 



Depth of body 3f-3| times in total length 2. *S'. biiineata. 



B. I). VIII 27-31. 



«. Depth of body 2s-2f times in total length ^. S. brama. 



h. Depth of body about 3 times in total length. 



Snout as long as the eye, which is of moderate size. 4. 5. violncea. 



Snout shorter than the eye, which is large 5. 6'. Velaini. 



SeriohUn porosa. 



Scriolella porosa, Guichen. I. c. p. 239, lam. 7. 

 Neptomemis dohula, Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1809, p. 429. 



Depth of body 4 to 4\ times in total length, length of hear! 

 31 to 4 times. Snout longer than the eye, the diameter of 

 wliich is 4 to 5 times in the length of head, interorbital width 

 about ?)\ times. ]\I axillary extending to below the anterior 

 margin of the eye. 1). VII, I 37-40, the third, fourth, and 

 fifth spines longest, about equal to half the diameter of the 

 eye ; the anterior soft rays about | the length of head. 

 A. Ill 23-24. Pectorals nearly as long as the head, ventrals 

 half as long. Caudal widely forked. Gill-rakers nearly as 

 long as gill-fringes, about 14 on the lower part of anterior 

 arch. Back and sides bluish grey, silvery below ; fins and 

 upper surface of head reddish brown or yellowish brown. 



Total length 480 millim. 



Coasts of Australia and New Zealand, Pacific coasts of 

 South America, Atlantic coast of Patagonia. 



Seriolella hilineati, 

 Neptomcnns bilmeatvs, Ilutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. v. 1872, p. 261. 

 Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| to 3f times in 

 total length. Snout much longer than the eye, the diameter 

 of which is 5^ to 6 times in the length of head, interorbital 

 •width 3;^ times. Maxillary scarcely reaching the vertical 

 from the anterior margin of the eye. D. VII, I 38, the 

 fourth spine longest, about | the diameter of the eye. 

 A. Ill 24. Pectorals not as long as the head, twice as long as 

 the ventrals. Caudal forked. Gill-rakers about § the length 

 of gill-fringes, about 12 on the lower part of tiie anterior arch. 



* SerioJella candea, Guichen. /. c, i.s insufficiently described, but does 

 not appear to belong to this genus, and may be a Lirus. The body is 

 short, uvate, the depth 3 times in ihe total length with caudal. Scales 

 Tery small. Dorsal with 10 stout spines. Pectorals pointed, longer 

 than ^•entrals. Caudal forked. Deep blue above, lighter below. 



