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The life coloration of Seriola stearnsi is light bluish above, whitish be- 

 low ; a very distinct stripe of brassy -yellow from snout through eye toward 

 the tail. Caudal dusky, not yellow. Second dorsal and anal dusky ; 

 tip of dorsal pale. Pectoral dusky; ventral creamy, its inner edge 

 somewhat dusky. Inside of mouth pale. D. V-I, 37 ; A. II-I, 21. 

 Caudal keel unusually strong. 



59. Seriola lalandi C. & V. P. 



Seriola gigas Poey, Mem. Cuba. 

 A specimen weighing about 25 pounds, referred by us to this species, 

 was seen in the 'New Orleans market. It was taken at Pensacola. This 

 species appears to reach a larger size than S. stearnsi, and to have fewer 

 rays in the dorsal. 



60. Seriola falcata Cuv. & Val. — Rock salmon. P. 



'I Seriola rivoliana C. &, V. ix, 207 (Mediterranean ?). 

 1 Seriola bosci C. & V. ix, 209 (Charleston). 

 Seriola falcata C. & V. ix, 210 (Gulf of Mexico). 

 1 Seriola honariensis C. & V. ix, 211 (Buenos Ayres). 

 ^Seriola ligulata Poey, Mem. ii, 231 (Cuba). 

 '^1 Seriola coronata Poey, Mem. ii, 232 (Cuba). 

 "i Seriola honariensis GUnther, ii, 464. 

 Seriola falcata GUnther, ii, 464 (Jamaica). 



Seriola honariensis Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 129 (Pensacola). 

 Seriola rivoliana Liitkeu, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, COS (considers rivoliana, hosci, 

 faleofa,iind honariinsis as identical). 



Not uncommon on the Snapper Bank at Pensacola, reaching a weight 

 of 10 to 12 iiounds. The synonymy of this species is badly confused on 

 account of the imperfections in the earlier descriptions. If it be true, 

 as supposed by Liitkeu, that all the Seriolw with falcate dorsal consti- 

 tute a single pelagic species, this species will stand as S. rivoliana. The 

 only eaily description which apjdies well to our specimens is that of 

 Seriola falcata. It is possible that the species with the black temporal 

 band (which, according to Mr. Stearns, occurs in Southern Florida) may 

 be different from IS. falcata, in which case most or all the other synonyms 

 referred to above might belong to it. 



The life-coloration of Seriola falcata is as follows : Grayish above, 

 paler but hardly silvery below. Fins blackish, the pectorals pale, the 

 caudal not at all yellow. Eye white ; lining of opercle pale; a very ob- 

 scure olivaceous band from eye to front of dorsal, scarcely visible in fresh 

 specimens. Preorbital and i^reopercle shaded with olive. 



Head 3f (4f in total); depth 3| (4). D. VII-I, 29; A. II-I, 21. Coeca 

 30. 



Body rather deep and compressed. Head somewhat longer than 

 deep, not conical. Snout 2f in head, maxillary reaching front of pupil, 

 3^ in head, its tip broad, eye large, 5J in head. If in snout. Occiput 

 somewhat carinated. Interorbital space wide, convex. Caudal keel 

 little developed. 



