77. STROMATEID^ STROMATEITS. 451 



sharp spine, attacbed to the pubic bone, often occupying the place of 

 the ventrals; pectorals long and narrow. Candal widely forked. Spe- 

 cies numerous. {fTzpd>;j.a-£o<;, an ancient name of some brightly colored 

 tish in the Red Seaj from (Trpcu/JM, a bed-quilt.) 



fl. Ventral fins obsolete; pelvic spine present. 



b. Dorsal and anal fins falcate, their anterior rays much lonj^er than the head ; 



body suborbicular. (Ilhombiis^ Lac6i)edc.) 



■yiO. S. aBepMlotBBS (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. 2^0 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+15. Cape Cod to South Amer- 

 ica; commonest southward. 



{Chcrtodon alepidotus L. Syst. Nat. : Sternoptiix (jardemi Bl. & Schn. 1801, 494 : Ehomhus 

 Jongipinnis Cuv. & Val. ix, 401 : Stromateus (jardenil GMnther, ii, 399.) 



lib. 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. 



711. S. sieauaUDB^nBOS Ayres. — California PompaKO. 



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 fin widely forked. Mouth very small, 

 terminal, the maxillary extending to the eye. Tetth very feeble. Gill- 

 rakers short, slender, less than half diameter of eye. Eye small. One or 

 2 procumbent spines before the dorsal; longest rays of dorsal f of head; 

 pubic spine small; i^ectorals longer than head; no pores along base of 

 dorsal. Spines of dorsal and anal very small or entirely obsolete. Scales 

 small, silvery, deciduous. Head 4 ; depth 2. D. HI, 4(5; A.III, 40. L. 

 lOin.ches. Pacific coast of United States; abundant in summer; highly 

 l)rized as a food-fish. 



{Poronotiis simillimua Ayrcs, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. ISoO, 84.) 



cc. A .scries of large pores along Ibc base of the dorsal fin. {Porovotus\ Gill.) 

 Yia. S. triaCaBlltQlUS Peck. — DoUar-Jluh ; Tlarvcst-fiHh ; IIi(llcr-fish ; La Faiiitlc. 



Bluish above, below silvery. Body oval, much compressed. Dorsal 



*Lac6p£!de, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 321, 1800: type Chcetodon alepidotus L. (poft/jo?, 

 rhomb.) 



Klill, Cat. Fisli. East Coast N. Am. 1801, 35 (not characterized): iyi^G Stromafcus 

 triacaiitltus Pack, {vtopo?, pore; vcjru?, back.) 



