128 InEW species of eish 



smooth and flat, the lamina silvery, not very distinct. 

 Both jaws armed with conic pointed distant teeth, 

 producing between them small velvet like teeth, with 

 which the jaws are furnished on each side throughout 

 their whole length. Pectoral fins in a line with the 

 eyes, as long as the space which separates them : the 

 first rays of the pectoral, ventral, and the second of 

 the anal, are flat, strong and edged. The anal and 

 the dorsal fins are narrow posteriorly, and very high 

 and pointed anteriorly, in the form of a sickle. Ven- 

 tral fins rather long, situated between the eye and 

 the base of the caudal fin. The lateral line com- 

 mences beneath the origin of the pectoral fins, its 

 base touches the ventral and continues along the ab- 

 domen to the base of the anal, where it rises and 

 continues along the carina, so as equally to divide the 

 tail. Seven rays of the tail on each lobe are very 

 flat. 



Color, deep blue upon the back, the head, tail, 

 and whitish silvery beneath. Scales as in the pre- 

 ceding species, small, and rounded. 



P. 13,— V. 6— D. 24.-— A. 22.— C. 30 \ flat. 



Inhabits the Carribean s ;a at Basseterre, near the 

 island of Guadaloupe. Collected in 1816. Flesh 

 good and firm. 



