LEPIDOPUS. 
Leriporus, Gouan, Cuv., Dum., Lac., Risso. 
VANDELLIUS, Shaw. ‘ 
ZiPHOTHECA, Montagu. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Corpus longissimum, compressum, ensiforme: caput acumi- 
natum mandibula inferiore longiore ; os dentibus serie 
simplici acutis : pinna dorsalis longissima, analis brevis, 
pectorales mediocres, ventrales brevissime, lamelliformes. 
LEPIDOPUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body very jong, compressed, ensiform; head acuminate, 
under jaw longest ; mouth with a single row of sharp 
teeth ; dorsal fin very long, anal short, grrr’ mode- 
* Sad 
rate, ventral very short, lamelliform. 
Tan, LXII. LEPIDOPUS Losimanicg’s 
L. argenteus ; pinnis pectoralibus (radiis “anferioribus lon- 
gioribus exinde) acutis. 
Vandellius Lusitanicus. Gen. Zool. (Shaw), vol. iv. p. 199. 
Ziphotheca tetradens. Mem. Wern, Soc. (Montagu), yol.i. 
p82, (Pl. 2. 
Habitat in oceano Europeo. 
Mus. Britan. Montagu. 
PORTUGUESE LEPIDOPUS. 
Silvery; pectoral fins acute, (the lower rays being longest). 
