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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [68] 
  

  

  Family 
  LXXXIV.— 
  SCOMBRID^. 
  (74) 
  

  

  237.— 
  SCOMBER 
  Linnaeus. 
  (213) 
  

   § 
  Pneumatophorua 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  

  

  763. 
  Scomber 
  colias 
  1 
  Gmelin. 
  Eu. 
  N. 
  S. 
  P. 
  C. 
  (667, 
  6676.) 
  

  

  § 
  Scomber. 
  

  

  764. 
  Scomber 
  scombrns 
  Linnaeus. 
  N. 
  S. 
  0. 
  En. 
  (068) 
  

  

  238.— 
  AUXIS 
  Cuvier. 
  (214) 
  

  

  765. 
  Auxis 
  thazard 
  Lac6pede. 
  W. 
  N. 
  (Ace.) 
  0. 
  (669) 
  

  

  239.— 
  SCOMBEROMORUS 
  Lacepede. 
  (215) 
  

  

  766. 
  Scomberomorus 
  concolor 
  Lockingtou. 
  C. 
  (670) 
  

  

  767. 
  Scomberomorus 
  maculatus 
  Mitchill. 
  N. 
  S. 
  P. 
  (671) 
  

  

  768. 
  Scomberomorus 
  regalis 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  (672) 
  

  

  769. 
  Scomberomorus 
  cavalla 
  2 
  Cuvier. 
  W. 
  S. 
  (673) 
  

  

  240.— 
  ACANTHOCYBIUM 
  3 
  Gill. 
  

  

  770. 
  Acanthocybium 
  solandri 
  Cut. 
  & 
  Val. 
  W. 
  O. 
  

  

  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  deeply 
  forked 
  caudal 
  fin. 
  The 
  ventral 
  fins 
  are 
  represented 
  

   by 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  scale-like 
  appendages. 
  A 
  single 
  species 
  ; 
  pelagic. 
  (AeTtiS, 
  scale; 
  7Tot>?, 
  

   foot.) 
  

  

  Lepidopus 
  caudatus. 
  Scabbard-fish. 
  For 
  description, 
  see 
  Gunther 
  II, 
  344. 
  Pelagic; 
  

   a 
  specimen 
  taken 
  by 
  John 
  Xantus 
  at 
  Cape 
  St. 
  Lucas. 
  

  

  1 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  Scomber 
  pneumatophorua 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  Scomber 
  colias. 
  

  

  *This 
  species 
  was 
  first 
  indicated 
  as 
  Cybium 
  cavalla 
  Cuvier, 
  Re"gne 
  Animal, 
  1829. 
  It 
  

   is 
  the 
  king-fish 
  of 
  the 
  Florida 
  Keys, 
  a 
  food 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  bighest 
  importance. 
  For 
  a 
  de- 
  

   tailed 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Scomberomorus 
  see 
  Meek 
  and 
  Newland, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  

  

  Sci. 
  Phiia., 
  1884. 
  

  

  3 
  Acanthocybium 
  Gill. 
  

  

  (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862; 
  type 
  Cybium 
  sara 
  Bennett.) 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  Scomberomorus, 
  but 
  shows 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  the 
  

   sword-fishes, 
  indicating 
  a 
  transition 
  toward 
  the 
  XiphiidCB. 
  The 
  bead 
  is 
  very 
  long, 
  

   slender, 
  and 
  pointed, 
  the 
  mandible 
  being 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw, 
  the 
  jaws 
  forming 
  

   a 
  sort 
  of 
  beak 
  ; 
  cleft 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  extending 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  maxillary 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  preorbital; 
  both 
  jaws 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  series 
  of 
  

   trencbanfc 
  teeth, 
  ovate 
  or 
  truncate 
  ; 
  their 
  edges 
  finely 
  serrate 
  ; 
  villiform 
  teeth 
  on 
  vomer 
  

   and 
  palatines 
  ; 
  gills 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  Xiphias, 
  their 
  lamina? 
  forming 
  a 
  net-work 
  ; 
  scales 
  

   small, 
  scarcely 
  forming 
  a 
  corselet 
  ; 
  those 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  enlarged 
  and 
  

   lanceolate; 
  keel 
  strong; 
  caudal 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  very 
  long, 
  its 
  spines 
  about 
  25 
  in 
  

   number. 
  

  

  Very 
  large 
  mackerels, 
  pelagic 
  ; 
  probably 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  widely 
  distributed 
  ; 
  most 
  

   abundant 
  about 
  the 
  Florida 
  Straits. 
  (AnavQa, 
  spine 
  ; 
  Cybium.) 
  

  

  Acanthocybium 
  solandri. 
  Peto 
  ; 
  Wdhoo; 
  Barracotta. 
  

  

  Iron 
  gray, 
  dark 
  above; 
  paler 
  below; 
  no 
  distinct 
  markings; 
  fins 
  colored 
  like 
  the 
  

   body^ 
  eye 
  5 
  in 
  snout 
  ; 
  gape 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  premaxillaries 
  in 
  front 
  

   prolonged 
  in 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  beak 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  half 
  length 
  of 
  snout 
  ; 
  teeth 
  somewhat 
  

   irregular, 
  the 
  posterior 
  much 
  largest. 
  Dorsal 
  spine 
  mostly 
  subequal, 
  the 
  highest, 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  fin, 
  5f 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  lobes 
  low. 
  Caudal 
  lobes 
  short, 
  

   very 
  abruptly 
  spreading, 
  their 
  length 
  about 
  £ 
  head. 
  Pectoral 
  not 
  quite 
  half 
  head. 
  

   D.XXIV-1,12-IX; 
  A. 
  1, 
  12-IX. 
  Length 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  feet. 
  Tropical 
  seas 
  ; 
  not 
  rare 
  about 
  

   Cuba, 
  where 
  it 
  spawns; 
  north 
  to 
  Key 
  West. 
  

  

  (Cybium 
  solandri 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  VIII, 
  1831, 
  192; 
  Cybium 
  sara 
  Bennett, 
  Beechey's 
  

   Voyage, 
  Zoology, 
  1849, 
  63 
  ; 
  Cybhtm 
  sara 
  Gunther, 
  II, 
  373 
  ; 
  Cybium 
  pctus 
  Poey, 
  Memorias 
  

   Cuba, 
  II, 
  234, 
  1860; 
  Acanthocybium 
  petus 
  Poey, 
  Enum. 
  Pise. 
  Cubens., 
  1875, 
  73. 
  Liitken, 
  

   Spolia 
  Atlantica, 
  1880,481-597; 
  Cybium 
  veranyi 
  Doderlein, 
  Giorn. 
  Sci. 
  Natur. 
  Econ. 
  

   Palermo, 
  1872. 
  

  

  