200 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Family XIX. CORYPILENID.E. 



Gill-openings wide. Eyes lateral. The infraorbital bones do 

 not articulate with the preopercle. One long dorsal fin, without 

 distinct spinous division; ventrals thoracic (except in Pteraclis, 

 when they are jugular). No prominent papilla near the vent. 

 Air-bladder present or absent. Pyloric appendages few or many. 

 Vertebra? exceed 10/14. 



Geographical Distribution. Pelagic, throughout tropical and tem- 

 perate seas. 



Synopsis of Indian Genera. % 



Dorsal fin commencing on occiput; scales present .... 1. CORYPHJENA. 

 Dorsal fin commencing on the back ; scales absent .... 2. MENE. 



1. Genus CORYPHJENA, Linn. 



Syn. Lampuffus (immature), Cuv. & Val. 



Branchiostegals seven; pseudobranchia? absent. Body rather 

 elongate and compressed. Preopercle entire. Teeth in the jaws, 

 on vomer, palatines, and tongue. A single long dorsal fin extending 

 from the occiput nearly to the caudal, but without distinct spines, 

 neither are they apparent in the anal ; ventral thoracic and well 

 developed. Scales small, cycloid. Air-bladder absent. Pyloric 

 appendages numerous. 



Geographical Distribution. Seas of temperate and tropical regions. 



971. (1.) Coryphaena Mppuras. (Fig. 69.) 



Coryphsena hippurus, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 446 : Day. Fish. India, 



p. 248, pi. liii, fig. 6 (see synon.). 

 Badahlan, Tarn. ; Dolphin. 



D. 58-63. P. 21. V. 1/5. A. 25-27. C. 19. 



Length of head 5^ to 6, height of body 5| to 6| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4 to 6 in length of head, 3 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Body elongate and compressed; 

 occipital crest well developed. Cleft of mouth rather oblique, the 

 lower jaw the longer. Teethin numerous villiform rows in either 

 jaw, with an outer somewhat enlarged row. Fins dorsal com- 

 mences over posterior edge of orbit, first 7 or 8 rays gradually 

 increase in length, last in fin not quite 4r length of highest, the fin 

 reaches to within a short distance of "root of caudal. Pectoral 

 falcate ; the anal is highest in front, but after the third or 'ourth 

 ray its margin becomes parallel with the abdomen ; caudal with 



