CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 713 



modified as in Euthynnus ; variegated blue and darker; belly 

 silvery; an Old- World fish lately become abundant upon our 

 coast, but of little value for food. 



SOOMBBROMORUS, Lac. 



S. maculatus, Mitch, [dekayi.) Spanish Mackerel. Spotted Mackerel. 



Body elongate, without a corselet ; head pointed and short ; 

 teeth knife shaped ; fourteen to eighteen feeble spines in low first 

 dorsal, white at base ; soft dorsal short, followed by eight to nine 

 finlets ; anal similar ; ventrals small ; vertebrae normal ; bluish 

 and silvery above, with metallic reflections ; numerous bronze 

 spots on sides ; mouth oblique ; caudal keel with accessory keels. 



" This is not an abundant species, although usually met with 

 in twos or threes during a fishing excursion of a week or more. 

 Its flesh is excellent, and deservedly prized." 



S. regalis, Bloch. {phimieri, acervum, dekayi?) Cero. [Spanish Mack- 

 erel (?). Spotted Mackerel ?] 



Silvery; sides with a brownish, broken, longitudinal line 

 above and below, on which are numerous brownish spots ; base 

 of dorsal black; pectorals scaly. Dorsal rays, XVII — I, 15 — 

 VIII; anal rays, II, 15 — VIII. Cape Cod to Brazil; not 

 common. May attain a weight of twenty pounds. 



" Prof. Baird reports but two specimens being taken at Bees- 

 ley's Point in 1854, during his stay. The writer has met with 

 the species at Barnegat, but not abundantly." (Possibly refers 

 to the preceding ?) 



SA.RDA, Cuv. 



(Pelamys, Cuv. & Val.) 

 S. mediterratiea, Bl. & Schn. [pelamys, sarda.) Bonito. Skip-jack, &c. 



Scales small, except pectoral corselet ; tail strongly keeled ; 

 head large, pointed ; mouth large ; teeth strong and conical ; 

 first and second dorsals not far separated ; followed by seven to 

 eight finlets ; first dorsal with twenty-one stout spines, posterior 

 shortest ; color steel blue, with oblique dark stripes ; silvery 

 below. Length, 2^ feet. 



" This species is an occasional visitor in our waters. A 

 specimen has been seen by the writer from Cape May." 



