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ouce netted a school of true eastern luaolcerel off Santa (.'atalina IsUmtl. 

 J. Weinmiller, of Santa Barbara, lias also taken them oecasioually off 

 Anacax)a Island. There is little donbt of the casual occurrence of this 

 species on our Pacilic coast. 



87. Sconiber piieumatophorus Delaroche. — Easter Macktrd ; Tinker Mavkcrrl ; Little 



Marhrcl. 

 {Scomber diego Ayres; Scomber dekaiji Storer. ) 

 From Monterey southward; coming in irrej;uUir and olten larj;e schools 

 in sujuraer and fall. It reaches a length of a little more than a foot. 



88. Orcynus alalonga (Gmeliii) Eisso. — Albieore. 



{Orciinun pncificus Cooper; Thy nuns pacificus C. & V.) 



From San Francisco southward; abundant iu summer south of Point 

 ( 'oncepcion and taken by trolling. It is found in deeper water than the 

 boiiito, being rarely taken within G miles of the shore. It feeds ou 

 anchovy and squid, and occasionally rare deep-water tishes are found 

 iu its stomach. It is shorter and deeper than the bonito, weighing i'2i 

 to 15 pounds. It is little valued as a food-fish, selling at about 2J cents. 

 It is caught chietly for sport, as it is a very gamy fish. 



Another Orcynus^ known as the ''•tuna", exists about Santa Cruz 

 Island, but we failed to obtain it. 



89. Sarda chileusis (Cuvier & Valenciennes) J. & (J. — Bonito; Spanish Mackerel; 



Skijijack ; Tun a . 



From Monterey southward; very abundant everywhere iu summer, 

 when it is taken iu great numbers, by trolling, at a distance of 2 or .'] 

 mih^-s from shore. It is extensively salted and dried, but the flesh is 

 rather coarse, and it brings a lower price than the yellow-tail and bar- 

 racuda. It reaches a weight of about 12 pounds and sells at about 25 

 cents. After the spawning season the young are very abundant in the 

 kelp. 



90. Scomberoniorus concolor (Lockiugtou) Jordan »fe Gilbert. 



Monterey Bay. It comes to the market at San Francisco from Soquel 

 (•\ cry year, but in small numbers. Rarely more than IS or 20 come iu 

 ill a single season. This year (1880) upwards of 40 were taken, nearly 

 hall" of which were secured by us. Its usual price in the market of San 

 Francisco is about $2.50. The female is marked by two rows of alter- 

 nating, round, bronze spots about the size of the pupil. 



Family COiiYPH^ENIDJ^. 



91. Coryphaeua (species). 



A doli)hin (;ame ashore in a storm at Cayucos a few years since. Its 

 captor and eater informs us that he is well acquainted with the dol- 

 phin in Mexican waters, and that this was the s?ime fish. 



