90 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of JYorth America. 



lateral line ; immediately beneath the lateral line, (if a dull bluish color, with indistinct cir- 

 cular brown blotches. Abdomen lighter, but, as well as the sides, presenting cupreous re- 

 flections. 



D. 9-12. P. 19. V. 5. A. 13. C. 22. Length, 1 foot. 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley. New York to Carolina, Dekay. 



Scomber maculalus, Spanish Mackerel, Cooch 1 Mag Nat, Hist., v. p. 22, fig. 8. 



" " " Jenyns's Brit. Vert., p. 361. 



Le Maquereau colias (Scomber colias, Gmel ), Cuv, el Val , vm. p. 3 l J. pi. 205, 

 Scomber colias, Yarrell's Brit Fishes (2d edit.), i. p. 148, fig. 



" " Spanish Mackerel, Storer's Report, p. 45 



" " " Dekay's Report, p. 104, pi. 11, fig. 33. 



2. Scomber vernalis, Mitchill. 



Body fusiform, cylindrical. Upper part of the body of a dark green color, marked 

 throughout ils whole extent, from occiput to tail, with beautiful transverse, more or less un- 

 dulating, broken bands of a deeper hue, commencing on the side of the dorsal ridge and ex- 

 tending below the lateral line. Sides white, with cupreous reflections. Abdomen white. 

 A wide fuliginous line beneath the lateral line. A black spot at the base of the pectoral 

 and ventral fins. 



D. 10-12. P. 17. V. 5. A. 12. C. 20. Length, 18 inches. 



Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley, Ayres. New York, Mitch- 

 ill, Dekay. The whole of the Atlantic coast, Richardson. 



Scomber vernalis, Spring Mackerel, Mitchill, Trans Lit. and Phil. Sue. of N. Y., i. p. 423. 

 Le Maquereau prinlanier (Scomber vernalis, Mitch.), Cuv. et Val., vm. p. 48, 

 Scomber vernalis, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 80, 



" Spring Mackerel, Storer's Report, p. 41. 



" " Dekay's Report, p. 101. 



3. Scomber grex, Mitchill. 



Color as in the preceding ; the dorsal bands are more tortuous ; and there is a dark spot 



at the tip of the lower jaw. 



D. 12, 13-5. P. 19. V. 1-5. A. 1,12-5. C. 20£. Length, 9 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. 



Scomber grex, Thimble-eyed, Bull-eyed, or Chub Mackerel, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 



I. p. 422. 

 Le petit Maquereau de l'Atlanlique (Scomber grex, Mitch.), Cuv. et Val., vm. p. 45. 

 Scomber grex et vernalis, Chub and Spring Mackerel, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, nr. p. 81. 

 Scomber grex, Fall Mackerel, Dekay's Reporl, p. 103, pi. II, tig. 32. 



GENUS II. PELAMYS, Cuv. 



The fishes of this genus differ from those of the Thynnus, in having strong, 

 separate, and pointed teeth. 



