158 CLASS XIV. 



Maxillary and palatine teeth small, thin; maxillary in a single 

 row. (Rays of branchiostegous membrane four or five.) 



Sp. Astrodermus coryphcenoides BONELLI, Coryphcena elegans Risso, Cuv. et 

 VALENC. Pom. ix. PI. 270, BONAP. Fawn. Ital. Tab. 170, fig. i ; Mediter. 

 Sea, very rare. 



Pteraclis GROXOV., Oligopodus LACEP. Body compressed, 

 covered with large broad scales emarginate posteriorly. Teeth 

 thin in jaws, vomer and palate-bones. Branchiostegous membrane 

 with seven rays. Dorsal and anal fins long, high; dorsal of the 

 length of back. Ventral fins jugular, approximate. 



Sp. Pteraclis vdifera BL., SCHN., Pteraclis guttatus VALENC., Coryphcena 

 vdifera PALLAS, Spic. Zool. vin. Tab. 3, fig. i, GRONOV. Act. Ilelvet. vir. 

 Basilise, 1772, p. 43, Tab. 2; from the Indian Sea? QUOY and GAIMARD 

 brought a fish of the kind from the Strait of Mosambique, Pteraclis ocel- 

 latus VALENO., CDV. et VAL. Poiss. ix. PI. 271; Bosc brought a small 

 specimen from the Atlantic Ocean at Carolina, Pteraclis Carolinus. The 

 species of this genus, of which a few specimens only are found in cabinets, 

 are however far from being sufficiently defined. 



Kurtus BLOCK. Body compressed, high, with back carinate. 

 Scales very small, scarcely distinguishable. Teeth very minute in 

 jaws and palate. Branchiostegous membrane with seven rays. 

 Dorsal fin moderate, in the middle of back ; anal fin long. Ventral 

 fins jugular. 



Sp. Kurtus indicus BLOCH, Kurtus Blochii LAC., BLOCK Ichth. Tab. 169, 

 Cuv. et VALENC. Poiss. ix. PI. 277; from the Indian Sea, at Java, &c. 



Stromateus L. Body compressed, ovate. Teeth very minute, 

 in a single row in jaws, in palate none. Branchiostegous membrane 

 with six rays (more rarely seven). Dorsal fin opposite to anal, 

 longitudinal, with short, concealed anterior spines: both scaly. 

 Ventral fins none or small, jugular. Caudal fin large, bifid. 



a) With ventral fins small. 

 Seserinus Cuv. 



Sp. Stromateus microchirus, Seserinus microcJiirus Cuv., RONDEL. De Piscib. 

 p. 287, BONAP. Faun. Ital. Tab. 125, fig. 2; Mediterranean Sea. 



b) With ventral fins none (or obsolete in adults). 



Sub-genera : Stromateus Cuv., Rhombus LAC., Cuv. et VAL. (pre- 

 viously Peprilus Cuv.). 



Sp. Stromateus Jiatola L., BELON de Aquatilib. p. 153, BONAP. 1. 1. fig, i ; in 

 the Mediterranean Sea; Stromateus niger BLOCH, Ichth. Tab. 160 (and 422), 



