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postice in forcipem, praeoperculo inferne in aculeum simplicem 
desinente. (St. Olfersii, Cuv. 1. c .) 
Arg. hemigymntjs, Cocco. Corpore angustiore, altitudine di- 
midium longitudinis (dempta pinna caudali ) cequante; parte 
postica ( caudali ) elongata; capitis longitudine altitudinem 
cequante ; sterno postice in angulum simplex acutum, prceoper- 
culo inferne in aculeos duos desinente. (Arg. hemigymnus v. 
Sternoptyx mediterranea, Cocco et Buon. Faun. It at. cum fg.) 
This extraordinary group of fishes offers many points of analogy 
with Berycidce. 
Fam. Lichiid^e. 
3. Temnodqn vadigo. ( Lichia vadigo, Cuv. et Yal. viii. 363. 
t. 235.) 
A single example was taken in February 1846, but it appeared to 
be quite unknown to the fishermen, and is therefore to he regarded 
as a mere straggler in these seas. 
If the genus Temnodon be retained, this fish has precisely the same 
claims to a place in it as the common “Anchova” of Madeira ( T. sal¬ 
tatory Cuv. et Val.). 
Fam. SCQM BRIDGE. 
4. Scomber colias (Gm.), Cuv. et Yal. viii. 39. t. 209. ( The 
Spanish Mackerel , Yarr. Brit. Fish. i. 131.) 
In April 1844, the market in Funchal was plentifully supplied with 
these fishes for two or three successive days. They were said to have 
been brought from Porto Santo. 
5. Auxis vulgaris, Cuv. et Val. viii. 139. t. 216. 
A single example, February 3, 1845. Not quite unknown to the 
fishermen, but its occurrence said to be a mere chance. 
6. Pelamys sarda, Cuv. et Val. viii, 149. t. 217. 
October 27, 1844 : a single example, called “Sarda” by the fisher¬ 
men, to whom it is not absolutely unknown, though, like the last, of 
merely casual occurrence. 
Fam. TiENioiD^E. 
7. Trachypterus gryphurus. Corpore elongato, maculaposte- 
riore laterali spatio tertiam partem totius longitudinis cequante 
a basi pinnce caudalis amota ; pinnarum radiis scabris ; tinea 
laterali inermi , postice supra marginem ventralem desinente. 
VIII 
D. 5 + 166; P. 10 V. 11; V. 1+5; A. 0 ; C. - T — 1 ; M. B. 6. 
o 
Intermediate between T. falx and T. iris of Cuvier and Valen¬ 
ciennes’ ‘ Ilistoire,’ vol. x. pp. 333, 341 ; approaching, perhaps, near¬ 
est to the latter, but differing in its deeper shape ( 1) = ^, instead 
