CHINESE CQRYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Sinensis. C. viridi-argcntea, pmnaanali brevissima . 

 Silvery-green Coryphene., with very short vent fin. 

 Le Coryphene Chinois. Cepcde 3. p. 20g. 



THIS is described by the Count de Cepede merely 

 on the authority of a Chinese drawing, and is said 

 to be of a green colour, more or less deep on differ- 

 ent parts of the body, and accompanied here and 

 there by a gloss of silver : the dorsal fin is very 

 long, but the vent fin very short ; and the tail is 

 of a rounded shape : the body, gill-covers, and tail, 

 are covered with large scales : the lower jaw is 

 longer than the upper, and turns upward in a 

 slight degree. 



The volume of Chinese drawings from whence 

 this species is described made a part of the collec- 

 tion of the Prince of Orange, lately ceded to France, 

 and at present in the nation,aj museum. 



FLAT-SNOUTED CORYPHENE. 



Coryphsena Sima. C. cauda integra, labio inferiore longiore. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmd. p. Ilp4. 



Coryphene with the lower lip longer than the upper, and even 

 tail. 



SIZE uncertain : native of the Indian seas : in 

 the dorsal fin are thirty-two rays. 



