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lateral line (scutes) about 30; dorsal spines short, rather stout; gill rakers stout, 

 rather long, 15 below angle; occipital keel sharp; eye not very large; pectoral 

 falcate, one-fifth longer than head ; breast naked or with only a small triangular 

 patch of scales in front of ventrals ; caudal lobes equal, nearly as long as head. 

 D. VIII-I, 20; A. II-I, 17. 



Olivaceous above, sides and below golden ; a large, distinct black blotch on 

 opercle, bordered behind with pale ; a large faint black spot on lower rays of pec- 

 torals, the latter sometimes wanting in young ; axil of pectoral with a black 

 blotch ; edge of soft dorsal black ; upper edge of caudal peduncle dusky. 



The Yellow Mackerel is a widely distributed fish in warm seas ; it is recorded 

 from the East Indies, both coasts of tropical America, and northward to Cape Ann 

 and the Gulf of California. The young are common at Woods Hole, Mass., where 

 they appear in July and become most abundant in October. Individuals i inch 

 long have been obtained there about July i ; larger fish occur in the fall. In 

 August, 1898, only a few young ones were secured in Great South Bay and at South- 

 ampton, L. I. 



The fish probably spawns in West Florida in May in the salt water bayous, as 

 the young fish are seen coming out of such places in schools in the fall on their way 

 to the sea. Fish weighing about a pound or two are considered equal to Pompano 

 for the table, but large fish are not esteemed, the flesh being dark and almost taste- 

 less. The species reaches the weight of 20 pounds. 



The Yellow Mackerel resembles the Big-eyed Scad in its endurance of captivity 

 and its feeding habits. At the end of November it has been known to thrive in a 

 pool containing about 50,000 gallons of water in company with the Crevalle, the Big- 

 eyed Scad and other species. 



91. Crevall^ (Caranx crysos Mitchill). 



Scomber c!-ysos Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 424, 1815, New York. 

 Caranx chrysiis '^O'R-Vi.KVi & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. .S. Nat. Mus., 970, 1883; Bean, 19th 



Rept. N. Y. Com. Fish., 256, pi. VII, fig. 10, 1890. 

 Caranx crysos DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 121, pi. 27, fig. 85, 1842; Jordan & Ever- 



MANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 921, 1896, pi. CXLII, fig. 388, 1900; Bean, Bull. 



Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 362, 1897; Smith, Bull. U. S. F. C, XVII, 98, 1898. 



Greenish olive, golden yellow or silvery below; a black blotch on opercle; fins 

 all pale. An individual 3}^ inches long, taken at Beesley's Point, N. J., August 11, 

 1887, showed the following colors: Caudal yellow; basal half of elevated part of 



