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importance. (Named for A. M. Constant Dum^ril, ichthyologist of the 

 Museum at Paris, about 1810, father of Auguste Dumeril, 1870.) (Eu.) 



Carmx duma-ili* Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, 175, pi. 6, fig. 20, 1810, Nice. 



Seriola (JmnrriU, Risso, Eur. Mt>rid., in, 424, 1827; Ouvier, Rogne Animal, Ed. 2, 130, \>l. ,50, fij;. 



1, 1829; CuviEB A Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., i.\, 201, pi. 258, 1833; Guntiieu, fat., ii, 



402, 1860; Steindaciiner, Ichth. Berichto, v, 40, 1808; Steindachner, Ichth. Beitrjiu'', i, 



20, 1874; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 122 aud 123. 

 TracJmms alieiohts* Rafinesque, Carattorl, 42, pi. xi, fig. 2, 1810, Sicily. 

 Trachums fasciahi.% Rafinesque, Indice d'lttiologia Sicil., 21, No. 108, and app. 53, No. 12, 1810, 



Sicily; not Scomber fasciatus of Bloch. 

 Serhia proxima, PoEV, Memorias, ii, 229, 1800, Cuba, 



Subgenus ZONICHTHYS, Swainson. 

 1292. SERIOLA MAZATLANA, Steindachner. 



Head Sf ; depth 33. D. VII-I, 32; A. II-I, 21. Eye 4i in head; snout 

 3. Maxillary not reaching middle of eye. Longest dorsal ray 2^ in head ; 

 longest anal ray 3. Pectoral half as long as head ; ventral 1| in head. 

 Grayish, with numerous narrow bluish cross bands, more or less mottled 

 with brown. Mazatlan ; one young specimen known. Coloration as in 

 Seriola fasciata, but the body formed more as in Seriola diimcrili. 



Seriola mazaUana, Steind.\.ciiner, Ichth. Beitriige, v, 8, 1870, Mazatlan. 



1298. SERIOLA FASCIATA (Bloch). 



(Medregal.) 



Head 4 ; depth 3t. D. VIII-I, 32 ; A. II-I, 20. Body oblong oval, com- 

 pressed. Maxillary reaching front of pupil; pectoral 8 in total length : 

 second dorsal low, not falcate, its longest ray not half depth of body; 

 anal similar, but lower. Grayish, with golden reflections, a brown baud 

 from eye to nape; no yellow longitudinal band; young with about 12 

 very narrow dark cross bands which disappear with age, these bands 

 continued on the vertical fins ; fins greenish. Size small. Length about 

 one foot. (Poey.) West Indies north to Charleston ; not very common ; 

 not seen by us. (fasciatus, banded.) 



Scomhcr fa^ciatus, Bloch, Iclithyologia, pi. 341, 1793. 



Seriola fasciata, CuviER & A'alenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 211, 1833; Gf nther. Cat., ii, 



404, 1800; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 445, 1883. 

 Halatrachis fasciatus, Poey, Synopsis, 373, 1808. 

 Seriola semicoronata, Poey, Jleniorias, ii, 232, 1860, Havana. Tlio name fasciata was given liy 



Poey to bauded specimens, that of semicoronata to those from wliirh Ihc bands had disnp- 



pearcd. 



1294. SERIOLA RIVOIIAXA (Cuvier it Valeucicunes). 



Head 3i-; depth 3iV- D- I, 29; A. 1,20. I5ody elliptical, deep, com- 

 pressed ; the nape not very sharp ; caudal keel weak. Head a little 



♦We do not know which of the two names diimirili and aliciolus has jiriority of date. We fol- 

 low custom in recognizing the names of Risso given in 1810, in preference to those of Rafinesque 

 of tlie same year. The far greater accuracy and value of the excellent work of Risso justifies 

 this iireference. 



