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351. Damalichthys argyrosomus Ciranl. (I'late XIII, figures ICO ami 161). 

 Porgee. 



Marine: "entering tiie inlets in thousands." 



Pacific Coast from Bi-itish Colunihia, and Pugot Sound to Lower Calit'oi-nia. 



352. Tautogolabrus adspersus Walhauni. (Plate XI, figures 12.5 and 12G). 

 Cunnei'. 



Marine: in liarlxnirs and hays. 



.Vtlantic coasts of .\orth .\nierica e\t<'nding from Labrador and Newfoundland to ,Sandy 



Hook, and einbi-acing the (lulf of St. Lawi'ence, Gaspe Bay, Maritime Provinces, and 



Now England States. 



353. Tautoga onitis Linmeus. (Plate XI. figures 127 and 128). 

 Tantog: Plack-fish. 



Marine: among rocks and kelj). 



.\tlantic coasts of North .Vmerica, from the Maritime Provinces to South Carolina. 



354. Scomber scombrus Liuna-us. (Plate XI, figures 129 and 130). 

 Common Mackerel. 



Marine. 



Both .sides of .\ortli Atlantic: on the .Vmerican side from Labrador to Cape Hatteras, Noi'th 

 Carolina; and on (he European side from Norway to the Mediterranean and Adriatic. 



355. Scomber japonicus Houttuyn. 

 Chub .Mackerel. 



Marine. 



Widely distributed in the .Vtlantic and Pacific Oceans: extending as far northward as 



Briti.sh Columbia, Labrador, and England: abounds off the coast of California, in the 



Mediterranean, and "everywhere in Japan" (.Jordan, 1905). 



356. Gymnosarda pelamis Linnaeus. 

 Oceanic Bonito. 



Pelagic. 



Warm seas; ranging northward on the western side of the Atlantic to the Bei'mudas and 

 Cape Cod: recorded from the Atlantic coast of Canada (Whiteaves, 1886, a,ii Euthijnniis 

 pelamijs):* also recorded from coast of California: coasts of Europe, — including 

 coasts of Britain (Yarrell, 1859, as Thynnus pelmnijs). 



*The small specimen upon which this record is based is in a very poor state of preservation and hard to determine, 

 l)ut judging by what can be made out from the ragged and broken condition of the fins and their rays, and the other- 

 wise mutilated condition of the specimen it does not appear to be tliis species. Certain of its charac.ers, some of 

 tliem more or less obscure, are as follows: — Maxillary not reaching the posterior border of the orbit: pectorals about 

 mid-way between dorsal and ventral outlines: caudal deeply forked: anterior dorsal elongate with 20 rays: posterior 

 dorsal and anal short: S dorsal and 7 anal finlets: many other characters obscured, with little but the flesh remaining 

 on the left side, and skin of the right scaleless, except very small scales, forming a corselet, which does not appear 

 to extend beyond the pectoral fin. It would appear to agree more closely with Sarda than with Gtjnmoaarda. 



