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abdomen slightly compressed. Yentrals reaching vent 5 soft dorsal 
falcate, its height 6 in length. Scales small. Depth 33; head 4. D. 
VII, I, 29; A. II, I, 21; Lat. 1. about 131. [Giintlier.) Coast of Brazil 
to Florida. 
(Cnv. & Val. ix, 207 : Seriola hoitariensis Gnuiher, ii, 434: Soriola honariensis Goode & 
Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis. ii, 1879, 129: 1 Seriola hosci* Cnv. & Val. ix, 209: LtLtkeu, 
Spolia Atlantica, 1830, G03: Seriola faleata Gunther, ii, 434.) 
703. S. steaa’Msai Goode & Bean. 
Color blnish above, whitish beneath, a band of greenish yellow as 
wide as the eye extending from the preojiercle to the extremity of the 
tail; fins greenish; traces of bands on the oiiercle. Body subfusiform, 
highest at origin of second dorsal, thence tapering evenly to snout and 
tail. Caudal peduncle somewhat depressed, -with lateral carinse and 
strong transverse grooves above and below; maxillary reaching vertical 
from middle of orbit. Teeth vihiform in jaws, on vomer, palatines, and 
in one median and two lateral series on tongue. Scales small on the 
cheeks, none on limb of iireopercle or the remainder of the head. Head 
3J in length; depth 4|. Eye GJ in head. D. VII-I, 36; A. II-I, 19. 
{Goode (b Bean.) Gulf of Mexico, north to Pensacola. 
(Goode & Bean, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 48.) 
704. S. ZOEsata (Mitch.) C. & V. — Rudder Fish. 
Bluish above, white below; sides with about G broad black bars, 
the forming three large blotches on the dorsal and two on the anal; 
the bars growing faint or disappearing with age; an oblique dark 
band from the spinous dorsal to the eye, the space above this olivaceous; 
spinous dorsal black; ventrals mostly black. Head longer than deep; 
profile descending in a gentle curve; top of head to base of dorsal fin 
compressed. Mouth nearly horizontal ; maxillary reaching to below the 
middle of orbit. Pectorals small, rounded, as long as the eye and snout ; 
ventrals two-thirds length of head. • Vent behind middle of body. 
Head 3i in length; depth, 3J. D. VII-I, 38 ; A. II-I, 21. L. 30 inches. 
Cape Cod to Florida; rather common. 
(Scomber zonatus Mitch. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 427 ; Gunther, ii, 465: 
Seriola earolinensis Holb. Ichth. S. C. 1860, 72 ; from South Carolina, wants the vertical 
hands, but is not otherwise obviously different ; this is doubtless due to increased 
age, as Holbrook’s type was over two feet in length.) 
7i>5. S. fasesata (Bloch) Cnv. & Val. 
Greenish above, yellow below ; body with sixteen narrow and some- 
what irregular brown cross-bands, arranged in pairs; those between 
* Body deeper, eye larger, spines stouter, and caudal broader than in S. duvierili. 
D. VH-I, 31; A. II-I, 20. Silvery with a brown temiroral band. South Carolina. 
(Cuv. 4’ Val.) 
