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SHAPP-TAILEB CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Acuta. C. cattda acuminata, linea laterali convex*. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1104. 

 Coryphene with sharp-pointed tail, and convex lateral line. 



SIZE uncertain : native of the Indian seas. In 

 the dorsal fin are forty-five rays. 



HALF-FINNED CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Hemiptera. C. maxillis sulgqualibus, pinna dorsafi 



bnvi. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. llpl-. 

 Coryphene with nearly equal jaws, and short dorsal fin. 



AN uncertain species ; native of the Indian seas. 

 The dorsal fin has but fourteen rays. 



BRANCHIOSTEGOUS CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Branchiostega. C. apertura branchiarum transvcrsa. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. l]Q4. 



Coryphene with the branchial aperture transverse. 



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ALLIED to the C. Japonica. Native of the Indian 

 seas. In the dorsal fin are twenty-four rays. 



