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GENUS XVIII. VOMER, Cvv. 
Body much compressed. Profile nearly vertical. No filaments nor pro- 
longations of the fins. 
1. Vomer Brownii, Cuv. 
Compressed. Back carinate, horizontal, abruptly descending above the eye, and forming 
a concave profile. Of a lustrous silvery tint, passing into leaden on the back. Pectorals ol- 
ive-green, verging to dusky. The membrane of the second dorsal minutely punctated with 
black, tinged at its base with light yellow. The first dorsal composed of seven spines. 
Ventrals minute. 
D.7, 1-23. P.1-18. V.1-3. A.1-18. C.167. Length, 1 foot. 
Connecticut, Ayres. New York, Mircuiux, Cuv., Dexay. Gulf of Mexico and Ca- 
ribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Zeus setapinnis, Bristly Dory, Mrrcum1, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, of N. Y., 1. p, 384, pl. 1, fig. 9. 
Vomer de Brown, Vomer Brownii, Cuv. et Van., mx. p. 159, pl. 256. 
Vomer Brownii, Blunt-nosed Shiner, Dexay’s Report, p. 127, pl. 25, fig. 78. 
GENUS XIX. SERIOLA, Cov. 
Lateral line with scales not larger than those on the rest of the body. First 
dorsal fin with a continuous membrane. No finlets. 
1. Seriola zonata, Mrircuiyu. 
Fusiform, subeompressed. Of a bluish green color, with five or six broad, vertical, dusky 
bands over the body and tail; an oblique band on each side ascending from the nose through 
the eye to the first dorsal, and forming a sort of crescent in front. Dorsal fins deep olive ; 
ventrals bright olive-green above ; anal olive-green, margined with white. 
D7, 1-34 PL19. V.6. A. 1-20. ‘C.153.” Length, 7.5. 
New York, Mircuriy, Dexay. 
Scomber zonatus, Banded Mackerel, Mircuitx, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 427, pl. 4, fig. 3. 
La Seriole 4 ceintures, Seriola zonata, Cuv. et Vat., rx. p. 213. 
Seriola zonata, Banded Seriole, Dexay’s Report, p. 128, pl. 9, fig, 26. 
Cuvier, in his ‘* Régne Animal,’’ considered this species synonymous with the Nomeus 
Mauritii; subsequently, however, in the ninth volume of his ‘‘ Histoire Naturelle des 
Poissons,’’ he made no reference to it in his genus Nomeus, but arranged it among the Se- 
riole. 
2. Seriola Boscii, Cuv. 
Silvery, with a brownish band upon the temples; faint strie on the opercles. The spines 
of the first dorsal fin very short and stout ; the second dorsal far anterior. 
D.7,1-31. P.(?). V.(2). A-2,1-20. C.(?). Length, 54 inches. 
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