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GENUS XVIII. VOMER, Cuv. 



Body much compressed. Profile nearly vertical. No filaments nor pro- 

 longations of the fins. 



I. Vomer Brownii, Cuv. 



Compressed. Back earinate, horizontal, abruptly descending above the eye, and forming 

 a concave profile. Of a lustrous silvery tint, passing into leaden on the back. Pectorals ol- 

 ive-green, verging to dusky. The membrane of the second doisal minutely punctated with 

 black, tinged at its base with light yellow. The first dorsal composed of seven spines. 

 Ventrals minute. 



D. 7, 1-23. P. 1-18. V. 1-3. A. 1-18. C. W v Length, 1 foot. 



Connecticut, Ayres. New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. Gulf of Mexico and Ca- 

 ribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Zeus setapinnis, Bristly Dory, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, of N. Y., i. p. 3 ; 4, pi. 1, fig. 9. 

 Vomer de Brown, Vomer Brownii, Cuv. el Val., i>:. p. 1*3, pi. 256. 

 Vomer Brownii, Blunt nosed shiner, Dekav's Report, p. 127, pi. is, fig. ?S. 



GENUS XIX. SERIOLA, Cuv. 

 Lateral line with scales not larger than those on the rest of the body. First 

 dorsal fin with a continuous membrane. No finlets. 



1. Seriola zonata, Mitchill. 



Fusiform, subcompressed. Of a bluish green color, with five or six broad, vertical, dusky 

 bands over the body and tail ; an oblique band on each side ascending from the nose through 

 the eye to the first dorsal, and forming a sort of crescent in front. Dorsal fins deep olive ; 

 ventrals bright olive-green above ; anal olive-green, margined with white. 



D 7, 1-34 P. 19. V.6. A. 1-20. C. 15?. Length, 7 5. 



New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



I: li 1 Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N.Y., I. p. 427, pi. 4, fig. 3. 



I a Seriole ,'i ceintures Seri ila zonata, Uuv. et Val , i\, p, 213. 

 Seriola zonata, Banded Seriole, Dekay's Report, p. 123, pi. 9, fig. 26. 



Cuvier, in his " Regne Animal," considered this species synonymous with the Nomeus 

 Mauritii; subsequently, however, in the ninth volume of his " Histoire Naturelle des 

 Poissons,' : he made no reference to it in his genus Nomeus, but arranged it among the Se- 

 riola;. 



2. Seriola Boscii, Cuv. 



Silvery, with a brownish baud upon the temples ; faint strhe on the opercles. The spines 

 of the first dorsal fin very .short and stout ; the second dorsal far anterior. 

 D. 7, 1-31. P.(?) V (•). A.2, 1-20. C (.'). Length, 54 inches. 



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