Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North Jmerica. 89 



D. 9-33. P.18. V.l-5. A. 3-23. C. 17. Length, 8 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Palometta," at Porto Rico. 



Le Pomacanthe 4 fcsharpe, Pomacanthus balteatus, Cov. et Val., vu. p 



GENUS V. PIMELEPTERUS, Cuv. 

 Oval, compressed. With a single dorsal fin. With cutting teeth in both 

 jaws disposed in a single row ; the teeth implanted in the jaws by means of a 

 heel extended horizontally backwards. 



1. Pimelepterus Boscii, Lacep. 



Regularly oval. Brownish, with twenty to twenty-two longitudinal lines beneath, and 



ten to twelve above, the lateral line. 



D.ll-12. P. 19. V.l-5. A. 3-13. C. 17. Length, 5 inches. 



South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Pimeleplere de Bosc (Pimelepterus Boscii, Lacep.), try el Val , vu. p. 259. 

 Pimelepterus Boscii, Dekav'^ Report, p. 100, pi. 20, tig. 56. 



FAMILY VII. SCOMBRID.dE. 



The fishes belonging to this family have small scales, causing the greater 

 part of the skin to appear as if entirely smooth ; the ventral fins are destitute 

 of scales ; the opercula are without spines or denticulations ; in most of them 

 the caudal fin is large and powerful, and generally they are furnished with nu- 

 merous cceca. 



GENUS I. SCOMBER, Cuv. 

 Body fusiform, covered by scales which are uniformly small ; sides of the 

 tail not cat-mated, but merely raised into two small cutaneous crests ; dorsal 

 fins widely separated ; some of the posterior rays of the second dorsal and the 

 anal fin free, forming Unlets ; one row of small conical teeth in each jaw. 



1. Scomber colias, Cm el. 



Form cylindrical, plump, elongated, tapering towards the tail, at the origin of which it 

 is very small. Upper part of the body of a light green color, with numerous contiguous 

 beautifully undulating lines of a darker green passing down the sides, and just crossing the 



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