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Genus STYLEPHORUS, Shaw. 



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270. The Chordated Stylephorus (Stylephorus chordatus, Shaw). 



Fig. Linn. Trans, vol. i. p. 90. pi. 6. Blainville, Journ. de Phys. Ixxxvii. 

 pi. l.fig. ]. 



Hab. This unique specimen " was taken between the Islands Cuba and 

 Martinico, near a small cluster of little islands about nine leagues from 

 shore, and was seen swimming near the surface." Shaw. 



Purchased at the sale of the Leverian Museum. 



Family Fistularida. 

 Genus AULOSTOMA, Lace*p. 



271. Aulostoma Chinensis, Cuv., Lacep. ; Fistularia Chinensis, Bloch. 



Fig. Bloch, iii. tab. 388. 

 Hab. China Seas. 



Genus CENTRISCUS, Linn., Bloch. 



272. The Trumpet or Bellows Fish (Centriscus scolopax, Linn., Bloch). 



Fig. Bloch, iii. tab. 123. fig. 2. Willughby, Ichth. p. 160. tab. 25. fig. 2. 

 Hab. The Mediterranean. 



273. The Trumpet, Bellows Fish, or Sea Snipe (Centrums scolopax, 



Linn.). 



Fig. Yarrell, Hist, of Brit. Fishes, vol. i. fig. at p. 302. 

 Hab. Taken in a pilchard-net off the coast of Cornwall. 



Presented by John Quekett. 



274. The Mailed Centriscus (Centriscus scutatus, Shaw). 



Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. v. pt. 2. p. 458. 

 Hab. Indian Seas. 



Family Mugilidce, Cuv. 

 Genus MUGIL, Linn. 



275. Mugil tang, Cuv. 



Fig. Bloch, iii. tab. 395. Cuv. et Val. vol. xi. p. 75. 

 Hab. Antilles. Coasts of Guinea. 



