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5.— SCOMBEOIDES SANCTI PETRI (C. & Y.) Smith & Swain. 



? Chorinemus foloo Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Pciss. viii, 377, 1831 ; Blkr. Spec. Pise. 

 Arcliip. Indie. 61, 1859 (Java, Sumatra, Nias); Blkr. Makr. Visch. 45 (Celebes, 

 Teruate, Amboyna, Ceram). 



Chorinemus saticti pctri Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. Tiii, 379, 1831; Blkr. Enum. 

 Spec. Pise. Archip. luclic. Gl, 1859 (Java, Bali, Sumatra, Siugapura, Bintaug, 

 Banka, Celebes, Ternate, Halmaheira, Amboyua, Sapavua, Ceram) ; Blkr. 

 MakreelacMige Vissclieu p. 45 (Batavia, Pasuruan); Gthr. Cat. Fishes Brit. 

 Mus. ii, 473, 1860 (Madagascar, Ceylou, China, Amboyua, Malayan Peninsula, 

 Moluccas); Gthr. Jour. Mus. Godeff. Fische der Siidsee, 138, 1873 (Kingsmill, 

 Schiffer, Society and Sandwich Islands) ; Streets, Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 

 7,89, 1877 (Christmas Island); Blkr. Conspec. Moluc. Cognit. 11 (Halmaheira, 

 Amboyua, Ternate, Ceram, Archip. Molucca, Saparua, Banda; name only); 

 Blkr. Vier. Bijd. Ichth. Fauna Japan, 5 (name only) ; Blkr. Zes. Bijd. Visch. 

 Fauna Sumatra, '20 (Priamam; name only); Blkr. Beschrij. Visch. Amboina, 

 15 (name only); Blkr. Beschrij. Visch. Manado Makassar, 4, 18 (Macassar, 

 Manado, Kema; name only); Blkr. Achtsfce Bijd. Visch. Amboina, 5, 18 (name 

 only) ; Blkr. Bijd. Ichth. Fauna von Midden en oost Java, 8 (Pasuruan; name 

 only) ; Liitk. Spolia Atlantica, 508, 511, 1878 (iiame only) ; Blkr. Tweede Bijd. 

 Ichth. Fauna Halmaheira, 4 (name only); Blkr. Niouwc Verzam. Visschen, 

 Batjan, 4 (name only) ; Day's Fish. Malabar, 95 (E. Coast Africa, Sea of India, 

 Malasia, China, Malabar; name only). 



? Chvrinemus mawritianus C. & V. Hist. Nat. Poiss. viii, 382, pi. 286, 1831. 



Head 4f (5f ) ; depth 4f (5f); D. VI-I, 20; A. II-I, 18. 



Body elongate; j^rofile stMight to occiput, tlience gently cnrved. 

 Snout blnntish, 3i in head ; mouth oblique, lower jaw longest ; maxillary 

 terminating beneath posterior margin of eye, the sui)plemental bone 

 well developed. Villiform teeth on jaws, tongue, vomer, i)alatines, and 

 a hroad patcli on pterygoids. Ej'e 4| in head, IJ in interorbital space. 

 Edge of upright limb of preopercle somewhat convex, slanting back- 

 ward slightly. Gill-rakers strong, the longest 1^ in eye, 19 on lower 

 part of arch. Scales elongate-rhombic. 



Margin of soft dorsal less concave than anal, second articulate ray 

 highest, 2J in head, the tenth ray 2^ in second. Caudal deeply forked, 

 lower lobe longer, equal to length of head. First ray of anal highest, 

 equaling highest dorsal ray. Ventrals 2 in head; pectorals 2 in head. 



Color, in spirits, bluish above, silvery below; upper part of dorsal 

 black, its base yellowish, the semi-detached dorsal finlets dusky; caudal 

 irregularly washed with dark blue, middle rays yellowish ; anal with a 

 central black blotch, its semi-detached Unlets yellowish-white ; pectoral 

 dusky, blaclc at base posteriorly, a dark spot in the axil ; ventrals yel- 

 lowish. Top of head dark blue with metallic luster, below light silvery; 

 an irregular band of very dark blue from occiput to caudal, making the 

 dorsal outline dark ; the greatest width of this band is one-half the 

 ocular diameter; the two series of spots on the side are more or less in- 

 distinct, on one side seven above lateral line and four below ; on the 

 other side five above and live below lateral line, the lower anterior two 

 larger and more distinct than the others. 



One fine specimen (2G825), 20^ inches long. 



