SCOJIBROIDS. 



95 



THE BONITO (sw. boniten.) 



EUTHYNNUS PELAMIS. 



Fig. 27. 



Distance hettceen the frst dnrml fin and thf tip of the snout more than 30 % of the length of the tiodij. Height 

 of the posterior dorsal Jin more than SS % of the length of the head. Back steel-Une irithout stripes; belly ivith 



4 or ') dark longitudinal hands. 



Fig. 27. Boiiito (Enthynmis pelamis) from the Cattegat off Varberg. "^ of the natural size. 



R. hr 



D. 15 1. IG 



1—3 



VIII; A. 



-I VII; 



12 ' ■ ---' — ■ -^2 



P. 2 + 26 \. 27; V. ','.,; U. ,r+18+^. 



Syn. Scomber pulcIiPi; Osb., Ost. Besa, p. G7 et in registro. 



Scomber Pelamis, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, p. 297; Cnv., 

 Val., {Thynniis pelamys), Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. VIII. p 

 113, tab. 214; Schleg., Fh. Japan., Pisces, p. 96, tab 

 XLIX; Gthr, Cat. Brit. 3Iiis., Fish., vol. II, p. 36-4 

 M.\LM, Ofvers. Vet.-Akafl. Forh. 1875, No. 7: p. 3, tab. 9 

 Id., Gbgs, Boh. Fii., p. 416; Reinh. apiid Ltkn, Spot 

 Att., 1. c, p. 465; Gigl., Elenco etc., Esp. Int. di Pesca 

 in Berlino 1880, Sez. Ital., Cat., p. 85; Jlon., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss. Fr., vol. 11. p. 419; D.\y, Fish. G:t Brit., IreL, 

 vol. I, p. 100, tab. 37; Lillj. (Orcy?iopsis pelamis) Sv., 

 Norg. Fisk., vol. I, p. 274; Jord., Gilb., (Euthynniis pela- 

 mys) Syn. Fish. N. Amer., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 16, 

 p. 430. 



In the form of the Iwdy this species resembles 

 the preceding one. The chief differences consist in 

 the less forward position of the dorsal fin, the gi'eater 

 height of the second dorsal and the greater length of 

 the head. From these differences we may see, as is 

 often the case, that one character maj- be highly de- 

 veloped, while in other re.spects the species ranks low 

 in the scale of the generic development. 



In size it is about ecjual to the preceding spe- 

 cies, the greatest length being given as 8 dm. For 

 purposes of comparison betAveen the two species Ave 



here 



give, 

 foUowinsj table 



according to ^Ialms measurements, the 



