67. SPIIYR^ENID^E SPIIYKJENA. 411 



G4. o rn'ucntea. Grd. Barracuda. 



Browuisli, with bluish lustre; belly white, scarcely silvery. Body 

 elongate, little compressed. Lower jaw much produced, fleshy at tip. 

 Eye 10 in head. Maxillary not reaching front of eye; about 3 in head. 

 Teeth moderate, little compressed. Spinous dorsal inserted a little 

 nearer snout than caudal, just in front of veutrals, well behind the end 

 of the pectorals, which are a little longer than tue veutrals and less 

 than one-tenth the total length. Scales very small. Head 3'^ ; depth 

 7. D. V-I, 9 ; A. I, 8 ; scales in 23S series, 1GG in the lateral line. 

 L. 3 feet. Pacific coast, from San Francisco southward; abundant; an 

 important food fish. 



(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 144; Steindachuer, Ichth. Beitr. vii ; 1; 

 Giiuther, ii, 338.) 



619. . Sl>ef (Haiiy) Lacepede. Barracuda. 



Olivaceous, silvery below ; young with dusky blotches across the back 

 and along the lateral line. Body rather slender, with rather large 

 scales. Maxillary not reaching eye; 2J in head. Teeth moderate. 

 First dorsal inserted slightly in front of base of ventrals, nearly midway 

 between snout and base of caudal, much behind the end of the pectorals. 

 Space between dorsals about one-sixth of the total length. Pectorals 

 about as long as veutrals, 12 in total length. Eye 8 in head. Lower 

 jaw with a fleshy tip. Head 3 ; depth 8. D. V-I, 9 ; A. I, 9 ; Lat. 1. 

 130-150. L. 24 inches. Cape Cod to the Mediterranean (the common 

 European species) ; not rare on our coast. 



(Esox spet Haiiy, Encyclop. Method. Poiss, iii, 7187 : Spliyrcena viilgarls Giinther, ii, 

 334 : Esox spliyrwna Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1389 : Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss, v, 32i> : f Spinj- 

 rn'iin bon'iilis DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish. 39: Sphyrcena boreal Is Goode &. Beau, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mtis. 1879, 146. More than one species has been confounded under 

 the above names.) 



* Pectoral reaching front of spiuons dorsal. 



65O. S. giiaguaraclio Cuv. & Val. 



Origin of first dorsal fin in front of the middle of the body, more or 

 less in advance of the tip of the pectorals. Ventrals in front of the 

 dorsal. Fifth dorsal spine midway between tip of snout and base of 

 caudal. Pectoral as long as postorbital part of head. Interspace be- 

 tween dorsals 5 in length. Eye 6 in head. Opercle with 2 points. 

 Head 3 ; depth 7. D. V-I. 9 ; A. II, 8 ; scales 14-110-17. L. 18 inches. 

 Cape Cod to Florida and Cuba. (Goode & Bean.} 



(Cuv. & VaL iii, 342; Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 146: Sphyrama 

 guayuanchc Poey, Meniorias, ii, 106.) 



