UNDtJLATED 



Coryphaena Fasciolata. C. lacteo-argentea , drculis transvefsis 

 fusds afasdispinnce dorsalis super latera dcfluentibus. 



Silvery-white Coryphene, with transverse brown circles de- 

 scending on the body from the bands of the dorsal fin. 



Coryphsena fasciolata. C. lacteo-argentea, drculis transversis 

 fusds a fasdis pinnce dorsalis defluentibus, in dorso passim 

 cohcerentibus, in venire evanidis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 1193. 

 Pall. sp. zool. 8. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Pallas : length about two 

 inches : colour silvery white, with several transverse 

 brown circular marks descending on each side the 

 body from the back fin, and gradually losing them- 

 selves in the whiteness of the sides : head conical, 

 flat above: eyes large: irides gold-coloured : mouth 

 wide : tongue flat, round, and smooth : opening of 

 the gill-covers very large : gill-covers consisting of 

 two rounded laminae : lateral line strait : pectoral 

 and ventral fins hyaline; dorsal and anal variegated 

 by dusky bands : tail deeply forked, and marked 

 by a dusky crescent. Native of the seas about 

 Amboina. Perhaps not arrived at its full size. In 

 the dorsal fin are fiftyrfour rays. 



