Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 345 
a beautiful clear white, presenting a satin-like appearance ; the dorsal ridge, throughout its 
whole extent, is of a beautiful dark green color; twenty or more bright yellow spots, the 
largest being three eighths of an inch in diameter, situated above and beneath the lateral line, 
ornament its sides ; the most anterior of these spots is beneath the pectoral fins; the largest 
number of the spots is anterior to the dorsal fin. Lateral line undulating in its course. 
Eight finlets back of second dorsal and anal fins. 
D.18-2|15-9. P.20. V.4. A.2|16. C.26. Length, about 2 feet. 
Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linstey. New York, Mircuriix. Gulf of Mex- 
ico, Cuv. 
Scomber maculatus, Spanish Mackerel, Mircuimt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 426, pl. 6, fig. 8. 
Le Tassard tacheté (Cybium maculatum, Cuv., Scomber maculatus, Mircu.), Cuv. et VaL., VIII. p. 181. 
Cybium maculatum, Spotted Mackerel, Srorer, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p. 179. 
He ae Spotted Cybium, Dexay’s Report, p. 108, pl. 73, fig. 232. 
2. Cybium regale, Cuv. 
Back plumbeous, sides and abdomen silvery. A broad, brownish, longitudinal band, with 
oblong spots above and beneath it. ‘Teeth compressed and trenchant. 
D 17-2| 15-8. P.22. V.1-5. A.2| 14-8. C.17and15. Length, 1 or 2 feet. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Scomber regalis, Buocn, pl, 3337 
us a Thazard Mackerel, SHaw’s Gen. Zodl., rv. p. 583. 
Le Tassard royal (Cybium regale, Cuy., Scomber regalis, Bu.), Cuv. et Van., vin. p. 184. 
Cybium regale, Dexay’s Report, p. 103. 
3. Cybium acervum, Cuv. 
Silvery, violet, or plumbeous upon the back, The fins are gray, except the first dorsal, 
which has a black spot extending from the first to the sixth or seventh ray; the commence- 
ment of the second dorsal is blackish. Teeth trenchant, as in C. regale, but less numerous. 
D.17-2|15-8. P.(?). V.(?). A.2|15-8. C.(?). Length, 9 inches. 
Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Tassard sierra, Cybium acervum, Cuy, et VAt., vil. p. 186. 
4. Cybium caballa, Cuv. 
Above plumbeous ; sides and abdomen silvery ; plumbeous oval spots upon the sides ;_pec- 
torals margined with black. : 
D. 14-2] 15-9. P.(?). V (2). A. (2). C. (2). Length, nearly 3 feet. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Tassard guarapucu, Cybium caballa, Cuv. et Vat., vit. p. 187. 
5. Cybium immaculatum, Cuv. 
Body compressed. Of a russet-gray color; abdomen silvery ; fins of a russet-gray. No 
black spot upon the dorsal. 
