CORYPH^NIDiE. STROMATINiE, 



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2. SuBFAM. STROMATIN^. 



Body very thin^ short, rhomboid, back with minute 

 prickles; head obtuse ; ventral fins generally none. 



Seserinus Cuv. Body oval, broad ; vent and dorsal fin 

 as in Centrolophus ; ventral fin very minute, placed 

 before the pectoral ; caudal slightly lobed. 



C. microchirus. Cuv. and Val. pi. 276. 



Stromateus Lin. Ventral fin none ; body oblong- 

 rhomboid ; with the head and part of the fins co- 

 vered with small scales beneath the soft epidermis ; 

 head obtuse, as in Coryphsena ; belly short ; caudal 

 very large, lunulate. 



S. fiatola Li7in. Cuv. and Val. pi. 272. 



Peprilus Cuv. Body rhomboid ; snout obtuse ; eyes 

 very large ; the dorsal and anal fins of equal length 

 with small, cutting, two-pointed spines placed before 

 them ; caudal large, forked. 



P. longipinnis. Cuv. pi. 274. Securifer, Cuv. pi. 273. 



Kurtus Block. Body lengthened, rhomboid ; dorsal 

 fin short, central ; tail and anal fin very long ; vent 

 under the pectoral ; mouth large, obliquely vertical ; 

 preopercule serrated ; dorsal spines variously shaped ; 

 ventral fins perfect, placed before the pectorals ; 

 scales invisible. 



K. Blochii Lac. Cuv. and Val. pi. 277. 



Keris Cuv. (^fig. 71.) 

 Body rhomboid, with 

 the general shape of 

 Priodon ; pectoral and 

 caudal fin rounded ; 

 first spinal ray of the 

 dorsal and anal fins 

 rather lengthened and 

 serrated externally ; the 

 caudal truncate ; ventral fin anterior to the pectoral. 



