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gitudinis (^dempta pinna caudali) superante ; parte postica 

 {caudali) abbreviata ; capite duplo altiore quam longo ; sterna 

 postice in forcipem, preeopemdo inferne in aculeum simplicem 

 desinente. (St. Olfersii, Cuv. I. c.) 



Arg. hemigymntjs, Cocco. Corpore angustiore, altitudine di- 

 midimn longitudinis {dempta pinna caudali) cequante ; parte 

 postica {caudali) elongata ; capitis longitudine attitudinem 

 cequante ; sterno postice in angidum simplex acutum, prceoper- 

 cxdo inferne in aculeos duos desinente. (Arg. hemigymnus v. 

 Sternoptyx mediterranea, Cocco et Buon. Faun. Ital. cum Jig.) 



This extraordinary group of fishes offers many points of analogy 

 with BerycidcB. 



Fam. LiCHiiD^. 



3. Temnodon vadigo. {Lichia vadigo, Cuv. et Val. viii. 363. 

 t. 235.) 



A single example was taken in. February 1846, but it appeared to 

 be quite unknown to the fishermen, and is therefore to be regarded 

 as a mere straggler in these seas. 



If the genus Temnodon be retained, this fish has precisely the same 

 claims to a place in it as the common "Anchova" of Madeira {T. sal- 

 tator, Cuv. et Val.). 



Fam. ScoMBRiDiE. 



4. Scomber colias (Gm.), Cuv. et Val. viii. 39. t. 209. {The 

 Spanish Mackerel, Yarr. Brit. Fish. i. 131.) 



In April 1 844, the market in Funchal was plentifully supplied with 

 these fishes for two or three successive days. They were said to have 

 been brought from Porto Santo. 



5. Auxis VULGARIS, Cuv. et Val. viii. 139. t. 216. 



A single example, February 3, 1845. Not quite unknown to the 

 fishermen, but its occurrence said to be a mere chance. 



6. Pelamys sarda, Cuv. et Val. viii, 149. t. 217. 



October 27, 1844 : a single example, called "Sarda" by the fisher- 

 men, to whom it is not absolutely unknown, though, like' the last, of 

 merely casual occurrence. 



Fam. T^NioiDiE. 



7. Trachypterus GRYPHURUS. Corpore clonguto, maculaposte- 

 riore laterali spatio tertiam partem totius longitudinis cequante 

 a basi pinnae caudalis amota ; pinnarum radiis scabris ; linea 

 laterali inermi, postice supra marginem ventralem desinente. 



D. 5 + 166; P. 10 V. 11; V. 1+5; A. 0; C.^^; M. B. 6. 



Intermediate between T. falx and T. iris of Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes' • Histoire,' vol. x. pp. 333, 341 ; approaching, perhaps, near- 

 est to the latter, but diffenng in its deeper shape ( D= — , instead 





