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elongate dull silvery spots, not cross-bands. The dorsal and anal are very high 

 and falcate. The flesh is coarse and red, like that of the Aku, with which it is 

 often canned. 



This species was recorded by Jordan and Evermann in 1901 as Germo germo. 

 It is brought in from deep water by the Japanese fishermen. 



220. Germo sibi (Temminck and 8chlegel). 



Soft dorsal moderately elevated, its lobe shorter than snout. Pectoral long, 

 falcate, reaching to the second dorsal finlet. Finlets above bright yellow bordered 

 by dark, the narrow margin white, the produced tips white; anal finlets all pale 

 with no yellow. Flesh dark. Sides without distinct silvery markings. 



A large fish, freciuenth" seen in the markets, and evidently distinct from G. 

 macropterus and G. alalmuja. It seems to be very near G. sibi of Japan, but its 

 identity cannot be positivelj' decided without actual comparison of specimens. 



221. Germo alalunga (Gmelin). 



(? Scomber germo Lacepede = Thynnus pacificus Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 

 Another long-fin is occasionally taken with the others. Upon superficial 

 examination it seems to be the same as the Californian Albacore, supposed to be 

 Germo alalunga. Finlets all blue with no trace of j^ellow. Pectoral very long, 

 reaching middle of dorsal lobe. Flesh pale. Weight twelve to fifteen pounds. 

 This may be Scomber germo of Lacepede (pacijicus C. & V.), but the long descrip- 

 tions of that author reveal no points of difference and the color of the finlets is 

 not mentioned. 



In Jordan and Evermann, "Fishes of North and Middle America," pi>. 870-871, 

 in the account of Thunmis thynnus and Germo alalunga, the references to the flesh 

 of the two are accidentally transposed. The flesh of the Tuna (Thunmis) is 

 "coarse and oily"; that of the Albacore (Ger^no) is "excellent, that even of very 

 large individuals being of fine flavor." 



222. Germo argentivittatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Dr. Nichols tells me that a specimen sent by Dr. Evermann in 1920 to the 

 American Museum of Natural History corresponds to this species from "the 

 Indian seas." The color of the body, as stated by Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 corresponds to that of Thunnus orientalis, but the long jjectorals are said to be 

 three and one-half in the length of bod}', not seven, as in Schlegel's account of 

 orientalis. 



