Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 1 1 1 



Zeus Luna, Gmel., 1 in., Syst. Nut., p. 1225. 

 Zeus opah, Penh., Brit Zo63 



" " Opah Dory, Shaw's Gen. Zotil., iv. p. 287, pt. 42. 

 Zeus imperialis, Shaw, Nat. Miscellany, pi. 140. 

 Lampris Luna, Opah, or King fish, Ji:nyns's Brit. Vert., p. 3G9. 

 Lampris guttata, Ketz., Griffith's Guv., x. p. 200, pi. 58, fig. 2. 

 Le Lampris tachete (Lampris guttatus, Retz.), Cnv.etVAi,, x. p. 39, pi. 292. 

 Lampris guttatus, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, m. p 



" Wilson, Encyclop. Brit., Art. Ichth., p. 189, pi. 303, fig. G. 

 " " Yarrell's Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), i. p. 1! 



GENUS XXVI. ELACATE, Cuv. 

 Head depressed. No carina on the sides of the tail. No (inlets. No free 

 spines before the anal. Ventral fin thoracic. 



1. Elacate Atlantica, Cuv. 



General form of an Ecliineis. Black above ; lighter on the sides. Beneath the lateral 

 line, a slate-colored longitudinal band extends from the pectoral fin to the tail. Beneath 

 silvery white. Eight triangular spines anterior to the dorsal fin. Dorsal long, triangular 

 anteriorly, situated midway between the base of the pectoral and the origin of the anal fin. 

 Pectorals long, falciform. Caudal deeply lunate, its upper lobe longest, and its rays project- 

 ing beyond the membrane. 



D. 8-34. P. 20. V. 1-5. A. 23. C. 21. Length, 32 inches. 



Massachusetts, South Carolina, Dekay. New York, Mitchill. 



Scomber niger, Black Mackerel, Block, Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 593. 



Centronotu I iab-eater, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 490, pi. 3, fig. 9. 



L'Ecate d'Amerique, Elacate Atlantica, Cuv. et Val., viii. p. 334. 



Elacate Atlantica, Northern Crab cater, Dekay's Report, p. 113, pi. 25, fig. 77. 



FAMILY VIII. TEUTHIDiE. 



Body compressed, ovate, oblong. Mouth small, not protractile. Teeth 

 often dentatetl, and disposed in a single row in both jaws. Palate and tongue 

 smooth. A single dorsal, usually long. 



GENUS I. ACANTHURUS, Bloch. 

 Teeth cutting and serrated. A movable spine on the side of the tail. 

 Head deep, compressed. Eyes placed high up on the head. The skin thick, 

 and usually covered with small scales. 



1. Acanthurus phlebotomus, Cuv. 

 Deep brown. Pectorals partly yellow. Opercles deeply striated ; the scapular bone also 

 striated. Tail nearly even. 



