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Scomber pelagieus Linnteus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 299, 1758, no locality given. 
Coryplisena faspiolatus Pallas, Spieil. Zool., VIII, pi. 3, fig. 2. 1772, Amboyna. 
Coryplurna chrymrus LacOpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 186, 1800, Pacific Ocean. 
Coryplisena imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri, 33, 1810, Sicily. 
mepimphis hippuroides Rafinesque, Caratteri, 34, 1810, Palermo. 
Coryplisena immaculata Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Bras., Ill, pi. 56, 1829, Atlantic, off Brazil. 
Wmi wlixna margravii Cuvier & Valencienm-s, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 301, 1833, America. 
Coryplisena suerii Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 302, 1833, Philadelphia. 
Coryplisena dorado Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 303, 1833, Brazil. 
Coryplurna dolj'yn Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 305, 1833, Antilles. 
Coryplisena virgata Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 308, 1833, Martinique. 
Coryplisena argyrurus Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 314, 1833, sea of Coromandel. 
Coryplisena vlamingii Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 315, 1833, seas of India. 
Coryphsena scomberbidi’s Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 315, 1833, South Sea. 
Lampugus Siculus Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., IX, 323, 1833, Sicily. 
Coryplurna japonica Schlegel, Fauna Japon., Poiss., 120, pi. 64, 1845, Japan. 
158. Coryphsena equisetis Linnoeus. Small Dolphin. Fig. 80. 
Head 4.2 to4.6 in length; depth 3.6 to 4; D. 51 to 55; A. 24 to 26; vertebra. 1 33; profile of head convex, 
but not nearly v irtical, even in the adult; maxillary reaching front of pupil, 3.8 to 4.8 in head; insertion 
of dorsal behind eye; pectorals equal to half length of head; maxillary reaching middle of eye; profile 
of snout becoming nearly vertical with age; front of anal under middle of body. Colors brilliant in 
life, changing suddenly at death; brownish olive above, white or golden below, with bright-blue spots, 
which are largest on the back and head, forming bands on snout; dorsal purplish blue, with paler 
oblique lines, other fins tinged with blue; caudal yellow; in spirits pale, with blackish spots on the 
lower parts. 
“Male with the front elevated, forming a crest, which projects a little beyond the upper jaw; 
female with blue spots along each side of tail, regularly arranged.” (Poey.) Length 30 inches. 
Open Atlantic; rare in the West Indies; not recorded from coast of the United States. 
Recorded by Bennett from the vicinity of Laysan (latitude 27° N., longitude 166° W.) and by 
Gunther from between Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands. 
We are not sure that the specimens recorded by Bennett and by Gunther were not the common 
species, C. hippurus, but the few dorsal rays in Gunther’s figure and his positive identification indicate 
that this species as well as the other occurs there. The position of the origin of the dorsal fin, how- 
ever, is not, as Gunther has thought, an important character, as it varies greatly with age, being much 
more anterior in the young than in the adult. 
This species was not seen by us among the Hawaiian Islands. 
Coryphxnaequisetishmnx\is, Syst. Nat., Erl. X, 261, 1758 (misprinted cquiselis), high seas; Gunther, Cat., II, 407, 1860 (Atlantic); 
Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, V, 147, pi. 93, Fig. A, 1876 (between Tahiti and Hawaiian Islands); Jordan & Evermann, 
Fishes North and Mid. Amer., I, 953, 1896; Jordan & Evermann, Amer. Food and Game Fishes, 325, 1902. 
Coryplisena sociatis Bennett, Narrative Whaling Voyage, IT, 274, 1840, latitude 27 0 N., longitude 166 0 W. 
