
THE 
CORO SCLZENA. 
Seg isle teakiek estat sae 
_ GENERIC CHARACTER. . 
Head scaly. 
Dorsal fins two, seated ina furrow, into which — 
they may occasionally withdraw. 
Gill- Membrane six-rayed. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Silvery-blucish Sciena, with brownish back, 
and body marked on each side with eight~ 
transverse brown bands. ~ 
nana Coro. ; 
Bloch ichth. pl. 307. f. 2. 
The Corocoro of the Brasilians. 

The present species of Scizna is an inhabitant of the 
Brasilian seas, where it Brows: to the poneeh of twelve 
or fifteen inches, 
