Slorer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 93 



a beautiful clear wliite, presenting a satin-like appearance ; llie dorsal ridge, throughout its 

 whole extent, is of a beautiful dark green color ; twenty or more bright yellow spots, the 

 largest being three eighths of an inch in diameter, situated above and beneath Ihe lateral line, 

 ornament its sides ; the most anterior of these spots is beneath the pectoral fins; the largest 

 number of the spots is anterior to the dorsal fin. Lateral line undulating in its course. 

 Eight finlets back of second dorsal and anal tins. 



D. 18-2 | 15-9. P. 20. V. 4. A. 2 | 16. C. 2G. Length, about 2 feet. 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill. Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, Cuv. 



Scomber maculatus Spanish Mackerel, Mi remix, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. <!2R, pi. 6, fig. 8. 

 Le Tassard tachele (Cybium maculatum, Cuv., Scomber maculatus, Mitch.), Cuv. et Vai.., viii. p. 181. 

 Cybium maculatum, Spotted Mackerel, Storer, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 17 l J. 

 " Spotted Cybium, Dekay's Report, p. I0>. pi. 73, fig. 232. 



2. Cybium regale, Cuv. 



Back plumbeous, sides and abdomen silvery. A broad, brownish, longitudinal band, with 



oblong spots above and beneath it. Teeth compressed and trenchant. 



D. 17-2 | 15-8. P. 22. A r .l-5. A2|14-8. C.17andl5. Length, 1 or 2 feet- 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



ilis, Bloch, pi. 333? 

 '• " Thazard Mackerel, Shaw's Gen. ZoBl., iv. p. 533. 



Le Tassard royal (Cybium resale, Cuv., Scomber regalis, El.), Cuv. et Vai. , vm. p 184. 

 Cybium regale. Dekay's Report, p. 10S. 



3. Cybium acervum, Cuv. 



Silvery, violet, or plumbeous upon the back. The fins are gray, except the first dorsal, 

 which has a black spot extending from the first to the sixth or seventh ray ; the commence- 

 ment of the second dorsal is blackish. Teeth trenchant, as in C. regale, but less numerous. 



D. 17-2|15-8. P. (?). V. (.')• A. 2 | 15-8. C. (?). Length, 9 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Tassard sierra, Cylmnn acervum, Cuv etVAL., VIU. p. 186. 



4. Cybium caballa, Cuv. 

 Above plumbeous ; sides and abdomen silvery ; plumbeous oval spots upon the sides ; pec- 

 torals margined \\ ith black. 



D. 14-2 115-9. P. (?)• V (.'). A. (?). C (.'). Length, nearly 3 feet. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



i Ca I larapui u, Cybi . I lev. et Val., vm, p 187 



5. Cybium im maculatum, Cuv. 



Body compressed. Of a russet-gray color ; abdomen silvery ; fins of a russet-gray. No 

 black spot upon the dorsal. 



