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distinct ; upper jaw short, and the lower turned up ; teeth 

 strong and sharp. 



C. rubescens, Lin. Red Band-Fish. Body smooth, pale red-co- 

 loured, tapering from the head to the tail, with waved silvery 

 bands on the sides ; jaws with one row of distant subulate teeth. 

 10 to 15 inches long. Inhabits the Mediterranean sea. B. Lin. 

 Trans, vii. pi. 17. 



C. Tcenia, Lin. Band Fish. Body bright silvery, with a dusky 

 tinge above, and marked along the sides by a few obscure distant 

 reddish spots; a single row of teeth in the upper jaw, and a double 

 one in the lower; tongue broad and rough. 3 to 4 feet long. In- 

 habits the Mediterranean sea. Shaw, iv. pi. 26. 



Gen. 2. LOPHOTES, Giorna. 



Head short, surmounted by an elevated osseous crest, on the 

 top of which is articulated a long and strong spinous ray, 

 bordered behind by a membrane ; a low fin with almost simple 

 rays runs along the back ; caudal fin distinct, and anal very 

 short ; a spinous ray before each of the pectoral fins; ventral 

 fins very small; six rays in the branchial membrane. 



L. Cepedianus, Giorna. Body elongated, and pointed behind; mouth 

 directed upwards ; eyes very large ; abdominal cavity occupying 

 almost the whole length of the body. 4 feet long. Inhabits the 

 Mediterranean sea Cuv. Reg. An. ii. 243. 



Gen. 3. REGALECUS, Ascanius. 



Pectoral fins small ; first dorsal fin small, with simple rays, the 

 second running nearly along the whole body ; no anal or 

 caudal fins ; and the ventral thoracic ones reduced to very 

 long filaments. 



R. Glesne, Ascan. (Gymnetrus remipes, Schn.) Body much elon- 

 gated, silvery, with a bluish tinge on the back ; first dorsal fin 

 slightly elevated ; and the long ventral filaments terminated by 

 a membranous disc. 10 to 18 feet long. Inhabits Northern seas. 

 Shaw, iv. pi. 27. 

 This fish is said to be generally seen either preceding or accompanying the shoals 



of herrings in the northern seas, from which it has acquired the popular name of King 



of the Herrings. 



R. Russeliiy Shaw. Body extremely elongated, bright silvery ; fins 

 pale brown ; first dorsal fin much elevated and terminating in a 

 very long filament ; ventral processes of great length, terminating 

 in simple filaments ; tail lanceolate, with a terminating filament. 

 3 feet long. Inhabits Indian seas. Shaw, iv. pi. 28. 



Gen. 4. GYMNETHUS, Bloch. 



No anal fin, one dorsal fin, and a distinct caudal one ; pectoral 



fins small ; upper jaw very extensible, and teeth very small. 



G. Cepedianus, Risso. Body silvery, with some black and round 



