MACROURUS. IMMINSET. 



Generic Character. 



Caput grande : oculi magni. 

 Corpus postice attenuatum 

 in caudam. 



Head large : eyes large. 

 Body at the hind part at- 

 tenuated into the tail. 



LONG-TAILED IMMINSET. 



Macrourus Rupestris. M. argenteocinereus, squamis carinatis, 

 pinnce dorsalis prioris radio primo retro-dentato. 



Silvery-grey Imminset, with carinated scales, and the first ray 

 of the first dorsal fin toothed at the back. 



Macrourus ruspestris. Bloch.pl. 177 > 



Coryphaena rupestris. C. dorso dipterygio^ pinnce dorsalis primes 

 radio primo retro-dentato. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 105. 

 Mull, prodr. zool. Dan. p. 43. 



The head of this remarkable fish is large and 

 thick ; the upper jaw projecting above into the 

 form of an obtuse snout : the eyes are very large : 

 the mouth wide, with five rows of small, curved 

 teeth in the upper jaw, and two rows in the lower : 

 the tongue white, thick, short, and cartilaginous : 

 beneath the tip of the lower jaw hangs a beard or 

 cirrus : the body gradually tapers from the middle 

 part, and at length is continued into a very long, 

 slender, and pointed tail : the whole fish is covered 

 with moderately large, rounded scales, each of 



