Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 953 



Coriipliu'na anmrii, CuviER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 302, 1833, Philadelphia. 

 Coryphiena dorado, CUVIEK dfc VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 303, 1833, Brazil. 

 CorypliifHii dolj'un, CUVIEU A: VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 305, 1833, Antilles. 

 Coryphiina virgata, CUVIEB & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 308, 1833, Martinique; after 



PLUMIER. 



Cnrijplnfun argyriinis, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, L c., ix, 314, 1833, Sea of Coromandel. 

 G>rt/pl/;<>i rlnnihujii, CrviK.ii tfc VALENCIENNES, /. <., ix, 315, 1833, seas of India; after BENARD. 

 Lniijn.< xiciilnx, CrviEii A: VALENCIENNES, 1. c., ix, 323, 1833, Sicily. 

 C<iryi>ii;in nfi,nih,'roides, CuviEH & VALENCIENNES, I. c., ix, 315, 1833, South Sea; after Oslero- 



of COMMERSDN. 



a sneuri, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 455, 1883. 



1353. CORYPH.ENA EQUISETIS, Linnseus. 



(SMALL DOLPHIN.) 



Head 4 to 42 ; depth 3.| to 4. D. 51 to 55 ; A. 24 to 26 ; vertebrae 33. 

 Profile of head convex, but not nearly vertical, even in the adult; max- 

 illary reaching front of pupil, 3* to 4| in head. Insertion of dorsal behind 

 eye ; pectorals equal half length of head ; maxillary reaching middle of 

 eye; profile of snout becoming nearly vertical with age; front of anal 

 under middle of body. Colors brilliant in life, changing suddenly at 

 death ; brownish olive above, white or golden below, with bright-blue 

 spots, the largest on the back and head, forming bands on the snout; 

 dorsal purplish blue, with paler oblique lines ; other fins tinged with 

 blue ; caudal yellow ; in spirits pale, with blackish spots on the lower 

 parts. " Male with the front elevated, forming a crest, which projects a 

 little beyond the upper jaw ; female with blue spots along each side of 

 the tail, regularly arranged." (Poey.) Length 30 inches. Open Atlantic; 

 rare in the West Indies ; not recorded from coast of the United States. 

 (equus, horse; seta, bristle, tail.) (Eu.) 



Coryphiena equiselis, LINN^US, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 261, (misprinted equiselis), high seas; 



after Dorado of OSBECK, Resa China, 308, 1757; CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poise., 



ix, 297, 1833; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 914, 1883. 

 Cnryplucna anrala, RAFINESQUE, Caratteri, &c., 33, 1810, Sicily. 

 Coi-yphfcna let&onii, CCVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 307, 1833, India. 

 Lani/iinjiiK jHtnchdulus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 327, 1833, Atlantic at the 



Equator. 

 L<ini)>i<fjHsneapolitanus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 325, 1833, Naples; after 



BLOCK. 



Corifphsena azorica, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 306, 1833, Azores. 

 ' '<>i-i/l>hienapunctulata, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 454, 1883. 



Family CXXX. LAMPRID^E. 



(THE MARIPOSAS.) 



Body ovate, compressed, and elevated, covered with minute, cycloid 

 scales. Head small, rather pointed. Mouth small, terminal, without 

 teeth in the adult, its angle with slits in the skin to permit the motion of 

 the jaws, as in the tunnies. Premaxillaries protractile. Opercular bones 

 entire. Dorsal fin single, very long, elevated, and falcate in front, with- 

 out distinct spines ; anal long and low, not at all falcate ; both fins 



