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85. Seriola lalandi (Car. &■ J a/. /). Amber-fish. — A large amber-fish was 

 captured by Mr. De Nyse in Gravesend Bay, July 15. 1896, and was brought alive to 

 the Aquarium August 8, but it never recovered from the effects of the journey. The 

 large Scriolas are too active and shy to stand transportation, and they rarely live in 

 captivity, but a species received from Bermuda early in July, 1897, is alive in the 

 Aquarium (December 10), and still feeds regularly upon pieces of herring and live 

 killifish. 



A description and measurements in inches of the Gravesend Bay specimen may 

 help to verify or correct the identification : 



Length, including caudal. 



Length to end of middle caudal rays, 



Length of external caudal lobes from pit 



Length of middle caudal rays. 



Greatest depth of body, 



Least depth of caudal peduncle, 



Greatest thickness of body. 



Length of head, .... 



Length of upper jaw, ... 



Width across end of ma.xilla. 



Length of mandible, 



Length of snout, .... 



Diameter of eye, .... 



Diameter ofr pupil. 



Distance from snout to vertical from first dorsal origin, 



Length of first dorsal base, . 



Length of first .spine. 



Length of second spine. 



Length of third (longest) spine, 



Length of seventh spine, 



Distance from snout to second dorsal (obliquely), 



Length of second dorsal base. 



Length of second ray of second dorsal. 



Length of first ray. 



Length of last ray. 



Length of pectoral, 



Length of ventral, 



Distance from ventral origin to anal origin, 



Distance from vent to anal origin, . 



7 

 2 



4 



8 



3^ 



2% 

 ^% 



3'i 



1/8 

 % 



1 134 



3^ 

 45/8 



2 



