6. SEEIOLA. 465 



somewhat irregiilar brown cross-bands, arranged in pairs ; those be- 

 tween the soft dorsal and anal extend on to these fins, fonning five 

 spots on the former and three on the latter ; a blackish band between 

 the eyes ; ventrals black. 

 Coast of Carolina. 



7. Seriola zonata. 



Scomber zonatus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. l^- Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 427. 



pi. 4. f. 3. 

 Seriola zonata, Ciiv. ^ Val. ix. p. 213; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 128. pi. 9. f. 26 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 73. pi. 10. f. 1. 

 leiarchus, Cut: ^- Val. ix. p. 213. 



Scales very small. The height of the body is 3|-4 times in the 

 total length, the length of the head 3| ; the snout is rather elongate, 

 conical, 2| the diameter of the eye ; the maxillary reaches to 

 below the centre of the orbit. Abdomen broad, rounded ; the ven- 

 trals are of moderate length, occupying rather more than one-half 

 of the distance between their base and the origin of the anal. An 

 obhque black band from the spinous dorsal to the eye. Body gene- 

 rally with six distinct black cross-bands, which extend on to the 

 dorsal and anal fijis, and form three black spots on the fonner and 

 two on the latter. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



a. Adult. North America. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



b. Adult. North America. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



e, d. Half-grown. North America. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. — 

 All have been in cliloride of zinc. 



Seriola carolinensis (Holbr. Ichthyol. S. Carol, p. 70. pi. 10. f. 2), 

 without cross-bands, and with twenty-two soft rays of the anal fin, 

 appears to be merely a vai-iety of S. zonata. 



8. Seriola tapeinometopon. 



Bleeker, Solor, p. 80. 



B.7. D.7|i5. A.2|^. 



Scales very small. The height of the body is 3| in the total 

 length, the length of the head 3| ; the snout is pointed, and the 

 maxillary reaches to below the pupil. An obhque blackish band 

 from the spinous dorsal to the eye ; body with five or six brownish 

 cross-bands ; dorsal and anal fins with a yellow margin. {Bl.) 



Sea of Lawajong (Solor). 



9. Seriola nigro-fasciata. 



Nomeus nigi-o-fasciatus, Riqyp. Ail. Fische, p. 82. taf. 24. f. 2. 

 Seriola binotata, Cm: fy Val ix. p. 215 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 187. 



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