75. CARANGID^E SERIOLA 445 



abdomen slightly compressed. Yentrals reaching vent; soft dorsal 

 falcate, its height 6 in length. Scales small. Depth 3-; head 4. D. 

 VII, I, 29; A. II, I, 21; Lat. 1. about 131. (G'dnther.) Coast of Brazil 

 to Florida. 



(Cuv. & Val. ix, 207 : Seriola &owanereszsGiintb.er, ii, 4G4: Seriola bonariensis Goode & 

 Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.ii, 1879, 129: 1 Seriola bosci * Cuv.' & Val. ix, 209: Liitkeu, 

 Spolia Atlantica, 1830, C03: Seriola falcata Giiuther, ii, 404.) 



703. S. sftearnsii Goode & Bean. 



Color bluish above, whitish beneath, a band of greenish yellow as 

 wide as the eye extending from the preopercle to the extremity of the 

 tail; fins greenish; traces of bands on the opercle. Body subfusiform, 

 highest at origin of second dorsal, thence tapering evenly to snout and 

 tail. Caudal peduncle somewhat depressed, with lateral carinse and 

 strong transverse grooves above and below; maxillary reaching vertical 

 from middle of orbit. Teeth viUiform in jaws, on vomer, palatines, and 

 in one median and two lateral series on tongue. Scales small on the 

 cheeks, none on limb of preopercle or the remainder of the head. Head 

 3 Jin length; depth 4|.. Eye 6^ in head. D. VII-I, 36; A. II-I, 19. 

 (Goode & Bean.} Gulf of Mexico, north to Pensacola. 



(Goode & Bean, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 48.) 



704. S. zonata (Mitch.) C. &, V. Rudder Fish. 



Bluish above, white below; sides with about G broad black bars, 

 the forming three large blotches on the dorsal and two on the anal; 

 the bars growing faint or disappearing with age; an oblique dark 

 band from the spiuous dorsal to the eye, the space above this olivaceous; 

 spiuous dorsal black; ventrals mostly black. Head longer than deep; 

 profile descending in a gentle curve; top of head to base of dorsal fin 

 compressed. Mouth nearly horizontal ; maxillary reaching to below the 

 middle of orbit. Pectorals small, rounded, as long as the eye and snout ; 

 ventrals two-thirds length of head. Yent behind middle of body. 

 Head 3 in length ; depth, 3&. D. VII-I, 38 ; A. II-I, 21. L. 30 inches. 

 Cape Cod to Florida; rather common. 



(Scomber sonatas Mitch. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 427; Giinther, ii, 465: 

 Seriola carolinensis Holb. Ichth. S. C. 1860, 72 ; from South Carolina, wants the vertical 

 bands, hut is not otherwise obviously different ; this is doubtless due to increased 

 age, as Holbrook's type was over two feet in length.) 



7 J>5. S. fascoata (Bloch) Cr.v. & Val. 



Greenish above, yellow below ; body with sixteen narrow and some- 

 what irregular brown cross-bands, arranged in pairs; those between 



* Body deeper, eye larger, spines stouter, and caudal broader than in S. dumcrili. 

 D. VII-I, 31; A. II-I, 20. Silvery with a brown temporal band. South Carolina. 

 (Cuv. $ Vol.) 



