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This is said to be the L a m p u g u s punctulatus of 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes,i to which is ascribed the following 

 characters. Hight of body contained nearly five times in its 

 length; head five and one fourth times; depth of head five 

 sevenths of its length; profile obliquely descending; pectorals 

 one tenth of total length; ventrals one eighth; caudal lobes one 

 fifth; 10 or 12 posterior rays of dorsal and anal dilated at their 

 extremities and projecting beyond the connecting membrane. 

 Color silvery, blackish on the back, with a few small black dots 

 on the body. D. 51; A. 25; V. 1, 5; P. 19. 



The specimen described is 13 inches long. It was taken in the 

 Atlantic at the equator. 



De Kay has described a dolphin measuring 2 feet which was 

 taken on a hook at the light-ship off the harbor of New York 

 and which he supposed to be identical with the species just men- 

 tioned. The characters of the fish are given as follows. Length 

 of head rather less than one eighth of total length; hight of 

 body one eighth and of caudal peduncle at its lowest part one 

 twentieth of total; eye large, its length contained four and four 

 sevenths times in length of head and more than one diameter 

 distant from tip of snout; dorsal fin beginning just behind the 

 orbit, its last 10 or 12 rays somewhat elevated and projecting 

 « beyond the connecting membrane; pectoral origin under ninth 

 dorsal spine; the fin one twelfth of total length including 

 caudal; ventral length contained nine and three fifths times in 

 total; anal origin nearly midway between posterior margin of 

 orbit and base of caudal. Length 24 inches; head 3^ inches; 

 hight 3 inches. D. 53; A. 25; V. I, 5; P. 20. 



Color sea green above the lateral line; silvery on the sides, 

 with metallic reflections on the opercles; iris yellowish; dark 

 reddish brown stripes across the head; a series of distant 

 rounded spots along the base of the dorsal fin; a few scattering 

 ones on the back part of the head, and confused series of 

 similar spots on the sides below the lateral line; dorsal, pec- 

 torals and ventrals brown; anal and caudal fins light colored. 



Hist. Nat. Poiss. 1833. 9:327. 



