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Show 158 PISCES. LuvARus, Rafin. 1 ches Peprilus; the extremity of the pel- Appare~tly clos.e Y approl~ cale that acts as an operculum to the vis is furmshed Wlth 1 a ~m~ sprominent carina on each side of the anus; no trenchant b a es, a t a'lI ' as in the. Tunn. yz,· &cR. ' fi Ind. d'lttiol., s·1 c1'I . , p 1· 1' , f · 1· S'l Luv ~rnperw ~s, a n., . h . h1 · very, w·. dd' h b ck· an extremely large spec1es t at m a· 1th are 1s a ' bits the seas of Europe.( 1) SEsERINus, Cuv. All the characters o f the Stromatei, even internally; but there are Is or rather vestiges of ventra1 s . two small ventra ' .. C • Rondel. 257• A small species from the Ses. Rondeletn, uv.' ' Mediterranean. KuRTus, Bl. h. nus are closely allied to those of Peprilus, from The fishes of t ~s ~e 1 d. ffer in the less extent of their dorsal and in which they partlcuf a;h Y. lventrals: the anal is long, the scales are so the developme~: ~h t :~:y are hardly visible till the skin is dried; extremely sma t:e fins· seven rays in the branchire: a pelvic spine there are none on I nd several small trenchant blades before the between the ventra s, a ~ d b e is a s ine directed horizontally .orwar s. do;::!~ga: ~~i~~e o/:tructur~ is presented in their skeleton;. thhe rib~ l' • hich are in contact w1t eac are dilated, convex, and lorm rmgs w hich extends ~e· ther thus enclosing a conical and empty space, w d h' ~eat~ the tail, in the inferior rings of the vertebrre, in a long an t m tube which contains the natatory bladder. The Kur· Kurt indicus, Bl., 169, is very probably the female of the t s cor~utus or Sorndrum-Kara-Mottee of Russel, a fish very. re· mua rkable for a little cartl. lagm. ous an d curve d h o rn ' which r1ses from the first of the small trenchaRt blades before the d.orsa 1. CoRYPHlEN A, Lin. The body compressed, elongated, covere d W'lt h sma1 1 scales·' upper 1 f part of the head trenchant; a dorsal exten d.m g a 1o n g the who e o (1) A speci~en was taken at the 1. s1e of h,/e., .m 18<.'(,~ 6 , a drawing of wllich was fiorwarded to us by M. Journal Rouquet. . C"vieri, 1 suspect that we should refer to 1. t, at 1e ast as a congener, the .lluso. nta .. Risso, 2d ed. pl. xi, f. 28, which is figm·ed, however, with two ana.1 spmes. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 159 the back, composed of rays almost equally flexible, although there is no articulation to the anterior ones; seven rays in the branchire. CoRYPH.IENA, Cuv. The head much elevated; its profile curved into an arc which descends very suddenly; eyes very far down; teeth in the palate as well as in the jaws. Large and beautiful fishes, celebrated for the rapidity of their motions, and the eternal war they wage against the Flying-fish. C. hippurus, L. Sixty dorsal rays; a silvery-blue above, with deep blue spots; a lemon-yellow with light blue spots beneath. From the Mediterranean. Several neighbouring species are found in the ocean, hitherto confounded with it. ( 1) CARANXOMous, Lacep. The head oblong and but slightly elevated, the eye in a mediate position, thus differing in both these respects from the true Coryphrenre .( 2) In the CENTROLoPiius, Lacep. The palatine teeth are wanting; there is an interval without rays between the occiput and the commencement of the dorsal.(3) A species of each of these two last subgenera inhabits the Mediterranean, and occasionally strays into the ocean. AsTRODERMus, Bonnelli. The elevated and trenchant head and long dorsal of the Coryphrenre; hut the mouth is slightly cleft; there are but four rays in the branchi~, and their ventrals are very small and placed on the throat; the scattering scales of the body assume the radiated form of small stars. .IJ.atrod. guttatus, Bonn.; JJiana aemilunata, Risso, Ed. II, pl. vii, £ 14. Silvery, spotted with black; red fins, and a very high dorsal. From the Mediterranean, and the only species known.(4) ( 1 ) We will describe several of them in our Icthyology, and endeavour to settle their synonymes. Sc~?.;~ pe~icus, L., Mu~ . .Ad. Fred., xxx, f. 3, ~~ Oychla pelagica, Bl., (3 • fasczolata, Pall., Sp1c., Zool., Faac., VIII, pl. UJ, f. 2. 441 ~Oflryphyhumapompilus, L., Rondel. 250;-the Oentrolophenegre,Lacep. IV, or Ho~me ~the Perea nigra, Gmel., Borlasse, Hist. of Cornw., pl. xxvi, f. 8, (4 tre notr, Lacep.; the Merle, Duham., Sect. IV, pl. vi, f. 2. ) .llBtrodermw guttatus, Bonnelli, or Diana 6emilunata, Riss. 2d ed., Vll, f. 14. \ |