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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [72] 
  

  

  806. 
  Seriola 
  mazatlana 
  1 
  Steindachner. 
  P. 
  

  

  807. 
  Seriola 
  dorsalis 
  Gill. 
  C.P. 
  (701) 
  

  

  808. 
  Seriola 
  fasciata 
  Bloch. 
  S. 
  (705) 
  

  

  809. 
  Seriola 
  rivoliana 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  W. 
  Eu. 
  (702, 
  702 
  6.) 
  

  

  254.— 
  ELAGATIS 
  Bennett. 
  (228) 
  

  

  810. 
  Elagatis 
  pinnulatus 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  (706) 
  

  

  255— 
  NEMATISTIUS 
  2 
  Gill. 
  

  

  811. 
  Nematistius 
  pectoralis 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  256.— 
  OLIGOPLITES 
  Gill. 
  (229) 
  

  

  812. 
  Oligoplites 
  altus 
  3 
  Gunther. 
  P. 
  

  

  813. 
  Oligoplites 
  saurus 
  Bloch 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  S. 
  W. 
  P. 
  (707) 
  

  

  Family 
  LXXXVL— 
  POMATOMID^. 
  (76) 
  

   257.— 
  POMATOMUS 
  Lac6pede. 
  (230) 
  

  

  814. 
  Pomatomus 
  saltatrix 
  Linnaeus. 
  N. 
  S. 
  W. 
  Eu.O. 
  (708) 
  

  

  Family 
  LXXXVIL— 
  NOMEIDiE. 
  (766.) 
  

  

  258.— 
  NOMEUS 
  Cuvier. 
  (231) 
  

  

  815. 
  Nomeus 
  gronovii 
  Gmelin. 
  W. 
  0. 
  (709) 
  

  

  Family 
  LXXXVIIL— 
  STROMATEID^J. 
  (77) 
  

  

  259.— 
  STROMATEUS 
  Linnajus. 
  (232) 
  

   5 
  Rhombus 
  Lace"pede. 
  

  

  816. 
  Stromateus 
  paru 
  Linnaeus. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (710) 
  

  

  pressed 
  ; 
  mouth 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  S. 
  dorsalis, 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  lalandi, 
  the 
  maxillary 
  reaching 
  

   middle 
  of 
  pupil, 
  2- 
  J 
  J 
  i 
  j 
  in 
  head. 
  Lobes 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  low, 
  not 
  quite 
  half 
  length 
  of 
  

   head. 
  Nape 
  scarcely 
  carinated. 
  Head 
  3£ 
  ff 
  ; 
  depth 
  3. 
  D. 
  VH-I, 
  32; 
  A. 
  11-1,21; 
  L. 
  

   24 
  inches. 
  Mediterranean 
  to 
  West 
  Indies, 
  north 
  to 
  Key 
  West 
  and 
  Pensacola. 
  

  

  (Trachurus 
  aliciolus 
  Rahnesque 
  Caratteri, 
  etc., 
  1810, 
  42 
  ; 
  Trachurus 
  fasciatus 
  Rafi- 
  

   nesque, 
  Indice 
  d'lttiologia 
  Sicil., 
  1810, 
  21 
  ; 
  Caranx 
  dumerili 
  Risso, 
  Ichthyologie 
  Nice, 
  

   1810, 
  175; 
  Seriola 
  dumerili 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  IX, 
  201, 
  1833; 
  Gunther, 
  II, 
  462; 
  T 
  Seriola 
  sem- 
  

   icoronata 
  Poey, 
  Memorias 
  Cuba, 
  II, 
  1860, 
  232.) 
  

  

  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Seriola 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  123. 
  A 
  more 
  recent 
  (unpublished) 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  fishes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Rnfus 
  

   L. 
  Green 
  indicates 
  the 
  probable 
  identity 
  of 
  S. 
  lalandi 
  with 
  S. 
  aliciola 
  (dume'rili), 
  S. 
  

   falcata 
  with 
  S. 
  rivoliana, 
  and 
  (probably) 
  .S'. 
  mazatlana 
  with 
  S. 
  dorsalis. 
  

  

  1 
  Seriola 
  mazatlana 
  Steindachner, 
  Ichth. 
  Beitrage, 
  V. 
  8, 
  1876. 
  Mazatlan. 
  

  

  2 
  Nematistius 
  Gill. 
  

  

  (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862, 
  258; 
  type, 
  Nematistius 
  pectoralis 
  Gill). 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  differs 
  from 
  Seriola 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  and 
  

   pectoral 
  fins, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  composed 
  of 
  eight 
  very 
  long 
  filamentous 
  spines, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  being 
  acuminate 
  and 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  ventrals. 
  The 
  lateral 
  line 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  straight 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  keeled 
  on 
  the 
  caudal 
  peduncle. 
  Ventral 
  rays, 
  I, 
  5, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  ray 
  much 
  branched 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  One 
  species 
  known. 
  Large 
  fishes 
  of 
  an 
  im- 
  

   posing 
  appearance. 
  

  

  Nematistius 
  pectoralis 
  Gill, 
  1. 
  c. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California 
  to 
  Panama 
  ; 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  3 
  Chorinemus 
  altus 
  Gunther, 
  Fishes 
  Centr. 
  Amer., 
  1869, 
  433. 
  Mazatlan 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  