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8. barracuda. The latter may be easily distinguished from the preced- 

 ing by observing the situation of the first dorsal. In S. spet, this begins 

 in the middle of the body and far behind the extremity of the pectorals; 

 in S. picuda, on the anterior half of the body and above the extremity 

 of the pectorals. The first is much the slenderer, and has nearly double 

 the number of scales in the lateral line. 



TRACHYPTEEID^. 



EEGALECUS GLADIUS, {Walbaum) Guv. & Val. 



Spada marina, Imphrati, 587. 



Cepola gladius, Walbaum, Artedi Gen. Pise, iii, 1792, 617. 



Begalecus gladius, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poisa. x, 1835, 352, pi. ccxcviii — Gunther, 



Cat Fish. Brit. Mus. iii, 1861, 308. — Hutton, Fishes of New Zealand, 35. 

 Gymnetrus longeradiatus, Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Merid. iii, 1827, 296. 

 ? Gymnetrus capensis, Cuv. & Val., op. cit. 376. 

 Begalecus Jonesii, Newman, Zoologist, 1860, 7019. 



This is the great " Sea-serpent" which came ashore at Hungary Bay 

 in the winter of 1860, the capture of which has been recorded by Mr. J. 

 Matthew Jones.* 



Portions of this specimen, which measured IC feet and 7 inches in 

 length, are preserved in the British Museum. 



This specimen is thought by Giinther to " probably belong " to the 

 species given above. The well-identified specimens of the species are 

 all from the Mediterranean, the largest 9^ feet long, while the relations 

 of the specimens from New Zealand and the Cape of Good Hope 

 are conjectural. The data are not sufficient to warrant the adoption of 

 Newman's species, founded on the Bermuda specimen as a good one. 



MUGILIDiE. 



MUGIL LIZA, Valenciennes. 

 Mullet. 



Mugil tiza, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. xi, 1836, 86.— Jenyns, Zool. Voyage H. 

 M. S. Beagle, Fish, 80.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iii, 1861, 423.— 

 POEY, Eep. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 1868, 388 



Very common, especially in Hamilton Harbor and other shallow bays ; 

 breeding. They are seined, and brought to market in large numbers. 



* Bermuda Royal Gazette, Jan. 24 and Jan. 31, I860.— Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, 185. 



