128 ‘ NEW-YORK FAUNA. 
Length, 8:0. Height, 3°5. Thickness, 0°75. 
HinirayswiDaeleese ee. Wl 18 Vi, lseeAns SEE OC y1Gr. 
This fish, so remarkable for its bizarre figure and lustrous tints, is more common on our 
coast than any of the four preceding species. A native of the tropical seas, its geographical 
range is so great as almost to entitle it to be considered a cosmopolite. It is found on both 
sides of the Atlantic, and even in the Pacific on the coast of Peru. New-York is probably 
the limit of its northern range on this side of the Atlantic. It is esteemed for food, and 
appears in our waters in July and August. It is found occasionally one foot long. 
GENUS SERIOLA. Cuvier and Valenciennes. 
Lateral lines with scales, not larger than on the rest of the body. First dorsal fin with a 
continuous membrane. No finlets. 
THE BANDED SERIOLE. 
SERIOLA ZONATA, 
PLATE IX. FIG. 26. 
Scomber zonatus, Banded Mackerel. Mutou. Lit. and Phil. p. 427, pl. 4, fig. 3. 
La Sériole @ ceintures, S. zonata, Cuv. et Van. Hist. des Poiss. Vol. 9, p. 213. 
Characteristics. Bluish green. Six broad vertical brownish bands over the body and tail. 
Length seven to ten inches. 
Description. Body fusiform, subcompressed. Back slightly carinate. Scales small, gra- 
nular, with concentric strie. Lateral line curved, not concurrent with the back, and forming 
a distinct ridge on each side of the tail. Nostrils double, vertically oval, adjacent, and nearly 
equidistant between the snout and the eyes. Numerous incurved card-like teeth in both 
jaws ; in the upper jaw, a small edentate space in front. A longitudinal band of fine asperities 
on the tongue; an arrow-shaped patch of fine bristly teeth on the vomer, and similar teeth 
on the palatines and pharyngeals. 
The first dorsal fin spinous, subtriangular, lower than the second, and situated above the 
ventrals ; the fourth ray longest, the last two scarcely appearing above the skin. The second 
dorsal slightly excavated on its upper margin, with its third and fourth rays highest. Pecto- 
rals short and broad, of nineteen rays. ‘Ventrals long, large and stout, the tip extending 
to the vent; its posterior margin connected to the body by a delicate membrane. Anal 
fin commences under the eighteenth ray of the second dorsal, and is coterminal with that 
fin; just anterior to the anal are two small distant spines, scarcely appearing above the skin. 
Caudal deeply forked. Stomach a simple sac, with numerous ceca. Air-bladder large and 
simple. 
