no TLLDOSTEI : ACANTIIOPTERL — XX. 



2<S3. S. vomer (L.). IMoox-Fisn. Horse-iikao. Look-down. 

 Adult with .soft ravs of 1). arnl A. much pnxhut'd; younj^ with 

 dorsal sj)iiU'S anil \'. variously rlonpatc, tlicsi'. fins short with ajit!. 

 Silvery. Head 3; depth 1^. L. 12. Warm seas, frecjuently X. 

 to Cape Co(h 



130. CHLOROSCOMBRUS (lirard. (;^Xa)/)Of, jjreen ; a-Kofi^pos, 

 mackerel.) 



284. C. chrysurus (L.). Bumpkr. Casabk. Greenish; 

 sides and below j^olden ; a dark l)loteh on liack of tail; head deep; 

 mouth very obliijue; P. very lonj]j; chord of arch of lateral line 1^ 

 to If in straijjjht part ; no scutes. Head SJ ; depth 2J. D. VHI - 1, 

 26. A. 11-1, 26. L. 9. VV. Indies, rare N. (xpvaos, gold; 

 ovpd, tail.) 



139. TRACHINOTUS Lacepede. Pompanos. (rpaxCs, 

 rou;j;h ; puroi, back.) 

 a. Dorsal with 10 to 20 soft rays; anal with 17 to 19. 

 b. Body broadly ovate, its depth at all ages more than half the body; sides 

 witliout black bars. 



285. T. falcatuB (L.). Round Pompano. Palometa. Body 

 deep; profile from nostril to dorsal everywhere about eijually con- 

 vex ; lobes of D. and A. hi<jh, reachinj^ in adult beyond middle of 

 fin; blui.sh, sides silvery; lobes of D. black in young; no a.xillary 

 spot. Head 3| ; depth 1|. L. 20. Warm seas, occasional N. to 

 N. Y. (T. ovatus (L.) ; T. rhomboides Bloch.) (Lat., scythe- 

 shaped.) 



aa. Dorsal with 25 soft rays; anal with 22; body oblong, rather robust. 



286. T. caroliuus (L.). Common Pompano. Bluish, golden 

 below; changes greatly with age, the young deeper, with conspic- 

 uous fin-spines, and with teeth in jaws; D. and A. lobes about 

 reaching middle of fins. Head 4; depth 2^. L. 18. Gulf Coast, 

 etc., N. to Cape Cod, common S. ; a famous food fish. 



140. NAUCRATE3 Kafinesipie. (vavKpdTj]s, pilot.) 



287. N. ductor (L.). Pilot-fish. Romero. Bluish with 

 ."iboiit 6 broad dark vertical bars. Head 4 ; depth 4. D. IV- 1, 26. 

 A II- 1, 16. Pelagic; occasional on our coast. (Eit.) (Lat., 

 guide.) 



141. SERIOLA Cuvier. Amber-fisiies. (An Italian name.) 



28S. S. zonata (Mitchill). Ri'DDER-fisii. liluish, with 6 

 broad black bars, which fade or disappear with age; an obliipie 

 dark band from eye to spinous dorsal; V. mostly black. Ile.id 

 longer than deep; occiput compressed; tail keeled. Head 3^; 

 drpth 3J. D. VII -1, 38. A. II -1, 21. L. 30. CajHi Cod to 

 W. I , not rare. (La^ banded,.) 



