174 Hawaiian Fishes 



is widely distributed. It is found from the Red Sea eastward through 

 the East Indies and Polynesia to the Hawaiian Islands. 



Leatherback or Runner 



83-3 Scomberoides tala (Cuvier) 



This leatherback is light gray with silvery reflections above and silvery 

 white in color beneath. The tips of the ventral fins and the lower margin 

 of the caudal fin are white. Specimens measure from six inches to one 

 foot in length. 



This species is distributed from the Malabar coast of India through 

 the East Indies to New Guinea, New Ireland, Santa Cruz Islands, Samoa, 

 and the Hawaiian Islands. 



California Yellow-Tail 



Also known as the Amberjack, Amberfish, White Salmon, and Coronado 

 83-4 Seriola dorsalis (Gill) 



Plate III, Figure 4 



The California Yellow-Tail is one of a group of amberfishes belonging 

 in the Pompano Family. It is a fish averaging about eight pounds in 

 weight but often exceeding three feet in length and weighing over fifty 

 pounds. It is steel blue in color above and silvery on the sides and belly. 

 It is marked by an irregular brassy yellowish-brown stripe running from 

 the snout through the eye and along the side of the body to the tail 

 which in turn is yellow in color. 



The habits of the California Yellow-Tail are interesting. It moves 

 northward during the summer months and is very common from Catalina, 

 the Coronado Islands, and Santa Barbara Islands southward along the 

 coast of California and Mexico during the summer and fall. Although 

 the California Yellow-Tail may be caught at any time of the year, it is 



