3 6 MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISHES 



specimen above referred to, as described by Mr. Cornish 

 (' Zoologist/ p. 500, 1866), being — back, steel-grey ; a broad, 

 scarlet band along the sides, which are likewise, as it were, 

 sprinkled with gold dust; the abdomen silvery, fins and 

 tail bright crimson. The young of this species differ so 

 remarkably in shape from the parent form, that it was up 

 to within a recent date regarded as a distinct fish, and 

 figured and described in works on ichthyology under the 

 title of Diana semilunata. Several very superiorly stuffed 

 examples of the Classic Dolphin (Coryphcena hippurus) are 

 included among the fine collection of Indian fishes brought 

 to this country by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, when 

 returning from his famous Indian tour, in the year 1876, and 

 which, after exhibition at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 

 he generously deposited as a loan in the Buckland Museum. 

 This Indian collection will be found well worth the visitor's 

 attention ; the skill with which many of the fish have been 

 preserved by native taxidermists being rarely surpassed by 

 British artists. 



FAMILY XII. — Horse Mackerels (Carangidce). 



Body more or less compressed, oblong or elevated ; teeth 

 conical ; the pre-operculum without a bony stay ; the spinous 

 dorsal fin continuous with or separated from the more 

 considerable softer portion ; no extensive series of dorsal and 

 anal finlets as in the true Mackerels ; a more or less 

 complete row of keeled, spine-bearing plates or scales 

 usually developed along the lateral line ; branchiostegal 

 rays seven in number. 



The Scad, Horse-Mackerel, or Bastard Mackerel (Caranx 

 trachurus), No. 47, enjoys an almost cosmopolitan dis- 

 tribution, and is occasionally so abundant on our south- 



