67. SPHYE^NIDJi SPHYE^NA. 
411 
G4§. S. arjjCBitea Grd. — Barracuda. 
Brownish, with bluish lustre; belly white, scarcely silvery. Body 
elongate, little compressed. Lower jaw much produced, fleshy at tip. 
Eye 10 in head. Maxillary not reaching front of eye; about 3 in head. 
Teeth moderate, little compressed. Spinous dorsal inserted a little 
nearer snout than caudal, just in front of ventrals, well behind the end 
of the pectorals, which are a little longer than the ventrals and less 
than one-tenth the total length. Scales very small. Head 3^; depth 
7J. D. V-1, 0; A. I, 8; scales in 238 series, 1G6 in the lateral line. 
L. 3 feet. Pacific coast, from San Francisco southward; abundant; an 
important food fish. 
(Givard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 144; Steindacliuer, IchtU. Beitr. vii, 1; 
Giiutlier, ii, 338.) 
619. S. spet (Haiiy) Lacepede. — Barracuda. 
Olivaceous, silvery below ; young with dusky blotches across the back 
and along the lateral line. Body rather slender, with rather large 
scales. jMaxillary not reaching eye; in head. Teeth moderate. 
First dorsal inserted slightly in front of base of ventrals, nearly midway 
between snout and base of caudal, much behind the end of the pectorals. 
Space between dorsals about one-sixth of the total length. Pectorals 
about as long as ventrals, 12 in total length. Eye 8 in head. Lower 
jaw with a fleshy tip. Head 3; depth -8. D. V-I, 9; A. I, 9; Lat. 1. 
130-150. L. 24 inches. Cape Cod to the Mediterranean (the common 
European species) ; not rare on our coast. 
(Esox spet Haiiy, Encyclop. Method. Poiss, iii, 7187 : Sphyrcena vulgaris Giinther, ii, 
334 : Esox sphyrcena Giucl. Syst. Nat. 1389 : Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss, v, 32fi : ? Spliy- 
rama borealis DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish. 39: Sphyrcena borealis Goode & Bean, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1879, 146. More than ofie species has been confounded under 
the above names.) 
Pectoral reaching front of spinous dorsal. 
650. S. guagataiiclio Cuv. & Val. 
Origin of first dorsal fin iu front of the middle of the body, more or 
less in advance of the tip of the pectorals. Ventrals iu front of the 
dorsal. Fifth dorsal spine midway between tip of snout and base of 
caudal. Pectoral as long as postorbital jiart of head. Interspace be- 
tween dorsals 54 in length. Eye 6 in head. Opercle with 2 itoints. 
Head 3^ ; depth 7. D. V-I, 9 ; A. II, 8 ; scales 14-110-17. L. 18 inches. 
Cape Cod to Florida and Cuba. {Goode & Bean.) 
(Cuv. & Val. iii, 342; Goode»& Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 146: Sphyrcena 
guaguanche Poey, Memorias, ii, 166.) 
