Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 343. 
1. Pelamys sarda, Cuv. 
Form similar to that of the Mackerel. Body of a dull greenish color; abdomen ash- 
colored. Ten ortwelve dark-colored bands pass obliquely downwards and forwards from the 
dorsum towards the abdomen ; the first of these bands commences at the posterior extrem- 
ity of the dorsal fin; the last at the origin of the caudal fin. Some of these bands pass very 
low down upon the sides, even to the abdomen. Besides these, several indistinct, lighter 
colored bands cross the body transversely. Jaws even. ‘Teeth sharp and distinct. 
D. 20-14. P.24. V.6. A.14. C.24. Length, about 2 feet. 
Massachusetts, Srorrer. Connecticut, Linsney. New York, Mrrcniiz, Dexay. 
Scomber sarda, Brocn, x. p. 352 
w «© SHaw’s Gen. Zoil., rv. p. 584. 
re “ Bonetta, Mircuret, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 428. 
Le Pélamide commune, ou Bonite 4 dos rayé (Pelamys sarda, Cuv., Scomber sarda, Bu.), Cuv. et Vat., vit. 
p. 149, pl. 217. 
Pelamys sarda, Skip-jack, Srorrr’s Report, p. 49. 
KE «Striped Bonito, Dexay’s Report, p. 106, pl. 9, fig. 27. 
GENUS III. THYNNUS, Cuv. 
Form of the body like that of the Mackerel, but less compressed. A kind 
of corselet around the thorax, formed by scales larger and coarser than those of 
the rest of the body ; a long, elevated crest on each side of the tail. The 
anterior dorsal reaching almost to the posterior one. Numerous finlets behind 
the dorsal and anal fins. A single row of small, pointed, crowded teeth in 
each jaw. 
1. Thynnus vulgaris, Cuv. 
Form elongated ; gradually sloping from the beginning of the dorsal fin to the snout, and 
tapering from the dorsal to the tail. Color of the whole upper part of the body nearly 
black; sides silvery; beneath white. Scales on the back, in front of the first dorsal, at 
the base of and beneath the pectorals very large. Gill-covers very large, perfectly smooth, 
of a silvery-gray color. Nine yellow finlets back of the second dorsal and anal fins. 
D. 14,13-9. P.34. V.1-5. A.2,12-9. C.19. Length, 9 feet and 3 inches. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Lrysuey. New York, Dexay. 
Scomber thynnus, Lrn., Brocu, 11. p. 87, pl. 55. 
Us uy Tunny, Lix., SHaw’s Gen. Zodl., 1v. p. 581. 
Le Thon commun (Thynnus yulgaris, Cuv., Scomber thynnus, Lin.), Cuv. et VAL., virt. p. 58, pl. 210. 
Scomber thynnus, Lin., Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 362. 
Thynnus vulgaris, Cuv., YARRELL’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 151. 
ut Ke Witson, Encyclop. Brit., Art. Ichth., p. 182, pl. 302, fig. 3. 
cb Ge Common Tunny, StorEr’s Report, p. 47. 
a" ce Grirrirn’s Cov., x. p, 182, pl. 54, fig. 1. 
us Cp Common Tunny, Dekay’s Report, p. 105, pl. 10, fig. 28, 
