67. SPnYR.ENIDiE SPHYBiENA. 411 



G48. S. argeE^ferj. did.— Barracuda. 



Brownish, with bhiish 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 iu front of ventrals, well behind tlie end 



of the pectorals, which are a little longer than the ventrals and less 



than one-tenth the total length. Scales very small. Uead 3'}; depth 



7i. D.V-1, 9; A. I, 8; scales in 23S series, lOG in the lateral line. 



L. 3 feet. Pacific coast, from San Francisco southward; abundant; an 



important food fish. 



(Girani, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 144; Steiudacliucr, Ichtli. Beitr. vii, 1; 

 Giiiitlier, ii, ;538.) 



6J9. S. spct (Haiiy) Lacepede. — Barracuda. 



Olivaceous, silvery below ; joung with dusky blotches across the back 

 and along the lateral line. Body rather slender, with rather large 

 scales. Maxillary not reaching eye; 2^ 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 loug 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. 



{Eaox upet Haiiy, Eucyclop. Method. Poiss, iii, 7187: Sjthi/rwua vulgaris Giiiitlior, ii, 

 334: Eaox Hphyra'im GirnA. Syst. Nat. 1389: Lac6pede, llist. Nat. Poiss, v, 3-2ii: 1 Spky- 

 ranin borcalia DeKay, New York Faiiua, Fisli. 3D: Splnjrwna horcalis Goode & Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1871), 140. IMore than one species has beeu conrouiided under 

 the above uaines.) 



*" Pectoral reaching front of spinous dorsal. 



6.?0. S. guaguaGaclao Cuv. & Val. 



Origin of first dorsal fin in front of the middle of the body, more or 

 less in advance of tlie 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 part of head. Interspace be- 

 tween dorsals 5^ in length. Eye G in head. Opercle with 2 points. 

 Head3|; depth 7. D. V-I,9; A. II, 8; scales 14-110-17. L. 18 inches. 

 Cape Cod to Florida and Cuba. {Goode dj Bean.) 



(Cuv. & Val. iii, 34*2; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 187U, 146: Spliyrana 

 (juaguanchv Poey, Mcmoriaa, ii, lOG.) 



