Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 91 



1. Pelamys sarda, Cuv. 



Form similar to that of the Mackerel. Body of a dull greenish color ; abdomen ash- 

 colored. Ten or twelve dark-colored bands pass obliquely downwards and forwards from the 

 dorsum towards the abdomen ; the first of these bands commences at the posterior extrem- 

 ity of the dorsal fin ; the last at the origin of the caudal fin. Some of these bands pass very 

 low down upon the sides, even to the abdomen. Besides these, several indistinct, lighter 

 colored bands cross the body transversely. Jaws even. Teeth sharp and distinct. 



D. 20-14. P. 24- V. 6. A. 14. C 24. Length, about 2 feet. 



Massachusetts, Storeii. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Scomber sarda, Bloch, x p. 35? 



" " Shaw's Gen Zool., iv. p. 5S4. 



" " Bonetta, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil Soc. l \ Y i p 



Le Pelamide commune, ou Boniie a dos raye (Pelamys sarda, Cuv., Scomber sarda, Bl > Cuv el Yal . vm 



p. 149, pt. 217. 

 Pelamys sarda. Skip-jack, Storer's Rep 



" " Sin],. ,1 Bonito, In u u '.- Report, p. 106, pi. 'J, fig. :'.7. 



GENUS III. THYNNUS, Cuv. 

 Form of the body like that of the Mackerel, but less compressed. A kind 

 of corselet around tin; thorax, formed by scales larger and coarser than those of 

 the rest of the body ; a long, elevated crest on each side of the tail. The 

 anterior dorsal reaching almost to the posterior one. Numerous finlets behind 

 the dorsal and anal fins. A single row of small, pointed, crowded teeth in 

 each jaw. 



1. Thynnus vulgaris, Cuv. 



Form elongated ; gradually sloping from the beginning of the dorsal fin to the snout, and 

 tapering from the dorsal to the tail. Color of the whole upper part of the body nearly 

 black; sides silvery; beneath white. Scales on the back, in front of the first dorsal, at 

 the base of and beneath the pectorals wry large. Gill covers very large, perfectly smooth, 

 of a silvery-gray color. Nine yellow finlets back of the second dorsal and anal fins. 



D. 14, 13-9. P. 34. V. 1-5. A. 2, 12-0. C. 19. Length, 9 feet and 3 inches. 



Massachusetts, Stoker. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Dekay. 



Scomber thynnus, Lin Bloch, n p. 87, pi. 55. 



Tunny, Lis., Shaw'i tin Zob'l., tv p 58] 

 Le Thon commun (Thynnus vul i Gov., Scon er thynnus, Lu I .in. p. :«.-•, pi. 210 



Scombei thynnus, Lin.. Jenyns's Brit Vert., p 

 Thynnus vulgaris, Cuv., Yarrbll's Bril Fishes 2d edit i i p [51. 



" " Wilson,- Encyctop Bril., An Ichth., p. 182, pi. 302, fig. 3. 



" C Sto Report, p. 47, 



' " Griffith's Cuv., x p, 182, [.I I 



" Common Tunny, Dekay's Report, p. 1(0, pi. 10, fig. 2S. 



