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GILT-TAIL CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Chrysurus. C. aurca, corpore maculis parcis coendeis 



variato. 

 Gold-yellow Coryphene, with the body besprinkled with small 



blue spots. 

 Le Coryphene Chrysure. Cepedc. 3. p. 186. 



OBSERVED by Commerson in the equatorial parts 

 of the Pacific, and described, from his manuscripts, 

 by Cepede. Greatly allied in general appearance 

 to the common Coryphene, but is of a more com- 

 pressed and lengthened form, and differs in the 

 number and disposition of the teeth, which are very 

 small, short, and sharp, and stand separate from 

 each other : the mouth also is much less wide : the 

 general or ground colour of the animal is bright 

 gold, the tail exceeding the other parts in brilli- 

 ancy : on the throat and breast is a gloss of silver, 

 and on the back are a few blueish clouds : the fins 

 are tinged with blue, and the whole body is sprinkled 

 over with lenticular bright blue spots. In its man- 

 ners this elegant species resembles the common 

 Coryphene, and is of equal excellence as an article 

 of food. 



