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JAPANESE CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Japonica. C. lutea, branchiarum apertvra rima 

 transversa. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1194. Houtuyn act, 

 Haarl. 20. p. 3.15. 



Deep-yellow Coryphene., with the branchial aperture trans- 

 verse. 



Length about six inches : colour deep yellow, 

 scales moderately small and tender : described by 

 Houttuyn in the Haarlem Transactions. Native 

 of the Japanese seas. The dorsal fin has twenty- 

 four rays. 



GREENISH CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Virens. C. virens, pinnis appendiculis filiformibus* 

 Greenish Coryphene with filiform appendages to the fins. 

 Coryphaena virens. C. pinnis appendiculis jiliformibus. Lw. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 11^4. 



General colour greenish : dorsal and anal fin 

 terminated by a lengthened filiform process : native 

 of the Indian seas : the dorsal fin has twenty-six 

 ravs. 



v. iv. p. ,n. 



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