874 Bulletiji ^7, United States National Museum. 



dorsal ; caudal shorter thau bead, its lower lobe lougest. Gill rakers 

 long, 18 below angle. Male dark steel blue, the sides silvery, without 

 streaks or spots ; female with two alternate series of brown spots, the 

 silvery on sides clouded with dusky ; fins nearly plain, dark. Monterey 

 Bay, California ; aj^pearing about Santa Cruz in moderate numbers each 

 fall ; not known elsewhere, and always disappearing in November. A 

 food-fish of very high quality, not inferior to any other of the family. 

 {concolor, uniformly colored.) 



Chriomilra concolor, LoCKiNGTON, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Thila., 1879, Hi:!, Monterey, California. 



Scomhernmortm concolor, Joudan & Gilbert, Proc. TI. S. Nat. Mus., 4o, 1881 ; Jordan & Gilhert, 



Synopsis, 42G, 1883; Meek & Newland, I. c, 233, 1884; Dresslar & Fesler, I. c, 442, 1889. 



1262. SCOMBEROMORUS MACULATUS (Mitchill). 



(Spanish Mackerel.) 



Head 4^ ; depth U. D. XVII-18-IX ; A. II-17-IX ; maxillary 1* in head ; 

 eye 4f ; pectoral If ; ventral 4* ; dorsal and anal lobes subequal, 2. Body 

 elongate, its dorsal and ventral outlines equal; profile straight from 

 snout to dorsal ; head small and pointed ; mouth large, oblique, jaws 

 equal ; maxillary reaching jiosterior margin of orbit ; teeth large, com- 

 pressed, and sharp, their formula being 24-24 to 32-.32 ; gill rakers 2 -{- 11. 

 Soft dorsal inserted in advance of anal a distance about equal to diame- 

 ter of eye ; lateral line undulating, with about 175 pores. Color silvery, 

 bluish above ; sides with many elliptical spots of dull orange color, two 

 rows of these spots below lateral line and one row above ; spinous dorsal 

 white at base, black above; soft dorsal tinged with yellowish, its mar- 

 gins black; anal white; posterior side of pectoral black, anterior side 

 yellowish with black borders; caudal blackish. Both coasts of North 

 America, appearing in large but very irregular schools in the Gulf of 

 Mexico and along the Carolina Coast ; ranging north in the fall as far as 

 Cape Ann, and south to Brazil ; rare or unknown in Cuba. Weight 8 or 9 

 pounds. One of the very best food-fishes in the United States, (macu- 

 latus, spotted.) 



Scomber maculatus, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. See. N. Y., i, 1815, 420, New York. 

 Ci/hmm macnlatnm, Gi'ntiier, Cat., ii, 372, ISCO; Holbrook, Ichtli. S. Car., <1C, ISGO. 

 Scoiiiherotnorn.'i wdcnlatiis, Jordan &. Gilbert, Synopsis, 426, 1883; Meek & Newland, /. <■., 233, 

 1885; Dresslar & Fesler, /. c, 443, pi. 9, 1889. 



1263. SCOMBEROMORUS SIERRA, Jordan & Starks. 



(Sierra.) 



Head 4| ; depth 4f . D. XVIII-15-IX ; A. II-15-IX ; maxillary If in 

 head; eye 5; pectoral If; ventral 3i; dorsal and anal lobes e(|ual, If in 

 head. Body elongate, its dorsal and anal outline about equal ; profile 

 straight from snout to dorsal; head small and pointed; mouth large, 

 oblique, jaws equal ; maxillary reaching to posterior edge of orbit. 

 Teeth large, compressed, and sharp, 1°? on each side ; gill rakers 

 4 + 11. Soft dorsal inserted almost directly over front of anal; lateral 



