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numerous, found in all warm seas, of fair quality as food, and 

 range in length from two to six feet. 



FIG. 213. Pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus). New Bedford, Mass. 



Seriola dorsalis is the noted yellow-tail of California, valued 

 by anglers for its game qualities. It comes to the Santa Bar- 



FIG. 214. Amber-fish, Seriola lalandi (Cuv. & Vol.). Family Carangidae. Wood's 



Hole. 



bara Islands in early summer. Seriola zonata is the rudder- 

 fish, or shark's pilot, common on our New England coast. The 

 banded young, abundant off Cape Cod, lose their marks with 

 age. Seriola hippos is the "samson-fish" of Australia. Seri- 

 ola lalandi is the great amber-fish of the West Indies, occa- 

 sionally venturing farther northward, and Seriola dumerili 

 the amber-jack, or coronado, of the Mediterranean. The deep- 

 bodied medregal (Seriola' fasciata] is also taken in the West 

 Indies, as is also the high-finned Seriola rivoliana. Species 

 very similar to these occur in Hawaii and Japan, where they 



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