342 — Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
lateral line ; immediately beneath the lateral line, of a dull bluish color, with indistinct cir- 
cular brown blotches. Abdomen lighter, but, as well as the sides, presenting cupreous re- 
flections. 
D.9-12. P.19. V.5. A.13. C.22. Length, 1 foot. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Linstey. New York to Carolina, Dexay. 
Scomber maculatus, Spanish Mackerel, Coucn? Mag. Nat. Hist., v. p. 22, fig. 8. 
a ua Ly 93 Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 361. 
Le Maquereau colias (Scomber colias, Gmeu.), Cuv. et Vau., vit. p. 39, pl. 205. 
Scomber colias, YARRELL’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 148, fig. 
ne «« Spanish Mackerel, Srorer’s Report, p. 45. 
Me «s sé se Dexay’s Report, p. 104, pl. 11, fig. 33. 
2. Scomber vernalis, Mircuiu. 
Body fusiform, cylindrical. Upper part of the body of a dark green color, marked 
throughout its whole extent, from occiput to tail, with beautiful transverse, more or less un- 
dulating, broken bands of a deeper hue, commencing on the side of the dorsal ridge and ex- 
tending below the lateral line. Sides white, with cupreous reflections. Abdomen white. 
A wide fuliginous line beneath the lateral line. A black spot at the base of the pectoral 
and ventral fins. 
D. 10-12. P.17. V.5. A. 12. C.20. Length, 18 inches. 
Maine, Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Lrnsury, Ayres. New York, Mircx- 
ILL, Dexay- The whole of the Atlantic coast, RrcHARDsoN. 
Scomber vernalis, Spring Mackerel, Mrrcuix, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1, p. 423. 
Le Maquereau printanier (Scomber vernalis, Mircu.), Cuv. et Vau., vu p. 48. 
Scomber vernalis, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 80. 
ge Ss Spring Mackerel, Storer’s Report, p. 41. 
sf oe ee se Dexay’s Report, p. 101. 
3. Scomber grex, Mrrcuiy. 
Color as in the preceding ; the dorsal bands are more tortuous ; and there is a dark spot 
at the tip of the lower jaw. 
D.12,13-5. P.19. V.1-5. A.1,12-5. C.20g. Length, 9 inches. 
New York, Mircuiun, Cuv., Decay. 
Scomber grex, Thimble-eyed, Bull-eyed, or Chub Mackerel, Mircuutt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 
I. p. 422, 
Le petit Maquereau de 1’Atlantique (Scomber grex, Mircu.), Cuv. et Vau., vit. p. 45. 
Scomber grex et vernalis, Chub and Spring Mackerel, Ricw., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 81. 
Scomber grex, Fall Mackerel, Dexay’s Report, p. 103, pl. LI, fig. 32. 
GENUS II. PELAMYS, Cvv. 
The fishes of this genus differ from those of the Thynnus, in having strong, 
separate, and pointed teeth. 
