77. STROMATEID^ — STROMATEUS. 
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sharp spine, attached to the pubic bone, often occupying the place of 
the ventrals; pectorals long and narrow. Caudal widely forked. Spe- 
cies numerous. {tTzpwiJ.aTe()<;, an ancient name of some brightly colored 
tish in the Eed Sea 5 from <T-pu)iJ.a^ a bed-quilt.) 
a. Ventral fins obsolete; pelvic spine present. 
b. Dorsal and anal fins falcate, tbeir anterior rays much longer than the head ; 
body suborbicular. {lilionibus* Lac^pede.) 
■yiO. S. alepidoSnis (L.) J. & G. — Harvest Fish. 
Greenish above, golden-yellow below. Body suborbicular, bounded 
by even curves. Mouth very small, oblique, maxillary reaching front 
of orbit. No pores along the sides of the back. Pectorals shorter than 
head, reaching half way to caudal ; soft dorsal and anal fins falcate, the 
longest rays of anal nearly half length of body; caudal lobes equal 
Scales thin and deciduous, not very small. Head 3; depth 1^. D. 45; 
A. 40; Lat. 1. about 90. Vertebrte 15-fl5. Cape Cod to South Amer- 
ica; commonest southward. 
{Chcetodon alepidotus L. Syst. Nat. : Sternoptyx gardenii Bl. & Schn. 1801, 494 : Rhombus 
longipinnis Cuv. & Val. ix, 401 : Stromateus gardenii Gunther, ii, 399.) 
bb. Dorsal and anal fins not falcate, their anterior rays shorter than the head ; form 
ovate. 
c. No series of large pores along the sides of the back. 
'5' 11. S. siffsaiSESsHBa^ Ayres. — California Pompano. 
Bluish above, brightly silvery below; fins punctulate; anterior lobes 
of dorsal and anal dusky-edged. Body ovate, blunt anteriorly, with a 
short, slender tail, the caudal tin widely forked. Mouth very small, 
terminal, the maxillary extending to the eye. Teeth very feeble. Gill- 
rakers short, slender, less than half diameter of eye. Eye small. One or 
2 procumbent spines before the ilorsal; longest rays of dorsal | of head; 
pubic spine small; pectorals longer than head; no jmres along base of 
dorsal. Spines of dorsal and anal very small or entirely obsolete. Scales 
small, silvery, deciduous. Head 4; depth 2. D. Ill, 46; A.III, 40. L. 
10 in, dies. Pacific coast of United States; abundant in summer; highly 
prized as a food-fish. 
{Poronotus simillimus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1830, 84.) 
cc. A series of large pores along the base of the dorsal fin. {Poronotus\ Gill.) 
yUS. S. fB’aacaBBtDaiis Peck. — Dollar-fish; Harvest-fish; Bulter-fish; La Faydtc. 
Bluish above, below silvery. Body oval, much compressed. Dorsal 
* Lacgpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 321, 1800 : type Cheetodon alepidotus L. {po;i(jo<i, 
rhomb.) 
tGill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. Am. 1861, 35 (not characterized); tjpe Stromateus 
triacanthus Pech. (;ropds, pore; v Sir o<, hneh.) 
