Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 873 



to Patagouia and Japan ; abundant northward in summer; very similar 

 to the preceding, but with the spinous dorsal always shorter, its flesh 

 similarly coarse, dark red, and oily, {chilensis, living in Chile.) 



Pelami/s chileusia, CuviEii & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 163, 1831, Valparaiso; GOn- 



TiiEK, Cat., n, ;iG8, 18G0. 

 PelatiiiiiiorictilaUs, Temminck & Schiegel, Fauna Japan, Poiss., 99, pi. 52, 1850, Japan. 

 Pelariii/s Uiieolala, GiRARD, Pac. E. K. Surv., x, 10(j, 1858, San Diego, California. 

 Sanla chilensis, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 428, 188;i: Dre.islar ct Feslee, I. c, 411, 1889. 



394. SCOMBEROMORUS,* Lac^pede. 



Scomhermnorus, Lac£pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ill, 292, 1802, (j)lumierii). 

 Cybium, Cuvier, Kegne Auim., Ed. 2, 11, 1829, 120, {coinmersonii). 

 Apodontis, Bennett, Proc. Comm. Z06I. Soc, i, 169, 1831, {immiinis). 

 Lepidocyhiuin, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 125, 1862, (flavohrunncuin). 

 Cltriomitra, Lockington, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1879, 133, (coneolor). 

 Sco)nhero<ltyii, Van Beneden, (fossil). 



Body elongate, wholly covered with rudimentary scales, which do not 

 form a distinct corselet. Head pointed, comparatively short and small. 

 Mouth wide, tlie strong teeth in the jaws more or less compressed or 

 knife-shaped ; villiform or sand-like teeth on the vomer and palatines ; 

 maxillary not concealed by preorbital. Gill rakers few. Caudal pedun- 

 cal with a single keel. Spinous dorsal low, of 14 to 18 feeble spines. 

 Soft dorsal and anal short, similar, somewhat elevated and falcate, each 

 followed by 7 to 10 finlets ; ventrals small ; pectorals moderate, near 

 the level of the eye. Air bladder present. Vertebr;e normally formed, 

 45 in number. Fishes of the high seas ; graceful in form and beautiful in 

 color; among the best of food-fishes. {aKufif^pog, Scombev ; 0|Uopof, near.) 



a. males with sides silvery, no spots; females with 2 rows of brown spots, fins nearly plain. 



concolor, 1261. 

 an. Both sexes witli numerous bronze spots on sides ; spinous dorsal dark except at base. 



h. Soft dorsal inserted in advance of aual. macuiatus, 1262. 



hh. Soft dorsal inserted over anal. 



c. Body deep, the depth less than 5 in length 



(f. Teeth 20 to 32 in each jaw. .sierra, 1263. 



(Id. Teeth about 40 in each jaw. rbgalis, 1264. 



cc. Body more slender; the depth about 6 in lengtli. c.vvalla, 1265. 



1261. SCO.MBERO.MORIIS CONCOLOR (Lockington). 

 (Monterey Spanish Mackerel.) 



Head about 5; depth rather less; eye 5*. D. XVII-16-VIII ; A. I, 

 16-VIII. Mouth slightly oblique, the maxillarj' reaching to posterior 

 margin of pupil. Teeth of jaws comparatively small, subconical, little 

 compressed ; about 50 in each jaw ; those of vomer and palatines minute 

 and granular. Lateral line slightly wavy, descending obliquely. Pecto- 

 ral fins 8 in length, inserted rather above axis of body ; ventral fins 

 small ; spines of dorsal slender and fragile, the longest i as long as head : 

 dorsal fins separated by an interspace equal to i length of base of spinous 



* For an account of the species of Scomberomorm see a paper by Meek & Newland, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 232-235. 



