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CHINESE CORYPHENE. 



Coryphsena Sinensis. C. viridi-argentea, pinna anali brevissima. 

 Silvery-green Coryphene, with very short vent fin. 

 Le Coryphene Chinois. Cepede 3. p, 20Q. 



This is described by the Count de Cepede merely 

 on the authority of a Chinese drawing, and is said 

 to be of a green colour, more or less deep on differ- 

 ent parts of the body, and accompanied here and 

 there by a gloss of silver : the dorsal fin is very 

 long, but the vent fin very short ; and the tail is 

 of a rounded shape : the body, gill-covers, and tahV 

 are covered with large scales : the lower jaw is 

 longer than the upper, and turns upward in a 

 slight degree. 



The volume of Chinese drawings from whence 

 this species is described made a part of the collec- 

 tion of the Prince of Orange, lately ceded to France, 

 and at present in the national museum. 



FLAT-SNOUTED CORYPHENE. 



Coryphaena Sima. C. cauda Integra, labio inferiore longiorc. 



Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1194. 

 Coryphene with the lower lip longer than the upper, and even 

 tail. 



Size uncertain : native of the Indian seas : in 

 the dorsal fin are thirty-two rays. 



