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JAPANESE CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Japonrca. C. htea, brancliiarum apcrtura rimv 

 transversa. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1194-. Houtuyn act. 

 Haarl. 20. p. 315. 



Deep-yellow Coryphene, with the branchial aperture trans- 

 verse. 



LENGTH about six inches: colour deep yellow, 

 scales moderately small and tender : described by 

 Houttuyn in the Haarlem Transactions. Native 

 of the Japanese seas. The dorsal fin has twenty- 

 four rays. 



GREENISH CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Virens. C. virens, pinnis appendiculis jUiformibuz. 

 Greenish Coryphene with filiform appendages to the fins. 

 Coryphaena virens. C. pinnis appendiculis JUiformibus. Ixn. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1194. 



GENERAL colour greenish : dorsal and anal fin 

 terminated by a lengthened filiform process : native 

 of the Indian seas : the dorsal fin has twenty-six 

 rays. 



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