Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 363 
Zeus Luna, GMEL., 1.1n., Syst. Nat., p. 1225. 
Zeus opah, Penn., Brit. Zodl. 
ke ** Opah Dory, Saaw’s Gen, Zoél., 1v. p. 287, pl. 42. 
Zeus imperialis, Suaw, Nat. Miscellany, pl. 140. 
Lampris Luna, Opah, or King-fish, Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 369. 
Lampris guttata, Rerz., Grirrirw’s Cuv., x. p. 200, pl. 58, fig. 2. 
Le Lampris tacheté (Lampris guttatus, Rerz.), Cuv. et Vat., x. p. 39, pl. 292, 
Lampris guttatus, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 83. 
Ke Us Wiutson, Encyclop. Brit., Art. Ichth., p. 189, pl. 303, fig, 6. 
re Ms Yarretw’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 194, fig. 
GENUS XXVI. ELACATE, Cvv. 
Head depressed. No carina on the sides of the tail. No finlets. No free 
spines before the anal. Ventral fin thoracic. 
1. Elacate Atlantica, Cuv. 
General form of an Echineis. Black above; lighter on the sides. Beneath the lateral 
line, a slate-colored longitudinal band extends from the pectoral fin to the tail. Beneath 
silvery white. ight triangular spines anterior to the dorsal fin. Dorsal long, triangular 
anteriorly, situated midway between the base of the pectoral and the origin of the anal fin. 
Pectorals long, falciform. Caudal deeply lunate, its upper lobe longest, and its rays project- 
ing beyond the membrane. 
D. 8-34. P.20. V.1-5. A.23. C.21. Length, 32 inches. 
Massachusetts, South Carolina, Dexay. New York, Mircutuu. 
Scomber niger, Black Mackerel, Brocu, Saaw’s Gen. Zodl., rv. p. 593. 
Centronotus spinosus, Crab-eater, Mircuicx, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 490, pl. 3, fig. 9. 
L’Ecate d’Amérique, Elacate Atlantica, Cuv. et Vau., viit. p. 334. 
Elacate Atlantica, Northern Crab eater, Dexay’s Report, p. 118, pl. 25, fig. 77. 
FAMILY VIII. TEUTHIDE. 
Body compressed, ovate, oblong. Mouth small, not protractile. Teeth 
often dentated, and disposed in a single row in both jaws. Palate and tongue 
smooth. A single dorsal, usually long. 
GENUS I. ACANTHURUS, Brocu. 
Teeth cutting and serrated. A movable spine on the side of the tail. 
Head deep, compressed. Eyes placed high up onthe head. The skin thick, 
and usually covered with small scales. 
1. Acanthurus phlebotomus, Cuyv. 
Deep brown. Pectorals partly yellow. Opercles deeply striated ; the scapular bone also 
striated. Tail nearly even. 
