UNDULATED CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Fasciolata. C. lacteo-argentea , circuits transversis 

 fuscis afasciis pinnce dorsalis super latera defluentibus. 



Silvery-white Coryphene, with transverse brown circles de- 

 scending on the body from the bands of the dorsal fin. 



Coryphsena fasciolata. C. lacteo-argentea, circulis transversis 

 fuscis a fasciis pinnae dorsalis defluentibus, in dor so passim 

 coherent ibus, in ventre evanidis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 11 93. 

 Pall. sp. zool. 8. 



Described by Dr. Pallas : length about two 

 inches : colour silvery white, with several transverse 

 brown circular marks descending on each side the 

 body from the back fin, and gradually losing them- 

 selves in the whiteness of the sides : head conical, 

 flat above: eyes large: i rides gold-coloured : mouth 

 wide : tongue flat, round, and smooth : opening of 

 the gill-covers very large : gill-covers consisting of 

 two rounded laminae : lateral line strait : pectoral 

 and ventral fins hyaline; dorsal and anal variegated 

 by dusky bands : tail deeply forked, and marked 

 by a dusky crescent. Native of the seas about 

 Amboina. Perhaps not arrived at its full size. In 

 the dorsal fin are fifty-four rays. 



