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CLYPEATED CORYPHENE. 



Cor} r phaena Clypeata. C. lamina ossea inter ocuhs. Lin. Sgst. 



Nat. Gmel.p. 11Q5. 

 Coryphene with a bony plate between the eyes. 



This species, which seems at present but ob- 

 scurely known, is said to be distinguished by a 

 long bony process or lamina situated between the 

 eyes, and is a native of the Indian seas : the dorsal 

 fm has thirty-two rays ; the pectoral fourteen ; the 

 ventral five; the anal twelve, and the caudal seven, 



