110 



from tlie !j;ill-o])e]ilijg to beyond the tip uf the pectorals. 

 Suuiuiit of head and upper part of the skk^s dark-pluinbeous ; 

 Hbdonieii and sides atslien grey, iiiixed Avitli blue. There arc 

 (i — 8 paraUel, lougitudinnl, narrow, dark strij)es. and (in 

 young individual^) (J S broatl, vertical, doep-bhie bauds, 

 crossing the narrow h)ngitudinal ,stri]tes at right angk'S, 

 They bei'onie etfaced, or are entirely \v;inting, in older 

 specimens. 



Fin-rays:- -J), i>2. 2, i2. IX; V. 21: V. 1.5: A, 2,12. 

 VJII: C. 2Tf. 



S. pclnnijis, Ciiv. cV: Val. \' 1 11 . ji. 14".). ])]. 217: Storer. 

 Fish, ^[assach. ]>. 4; DeKay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 

 lf)(*), ])1. (1, lig. 27: <*uv. Regne. Anim. 111. Toiss, pi. 48. 

 Hg.2. 



Sroiiibcr .sardd, l>loeh, X. p. 'A'), Taf. 'AM : Bl. >Schn. p. 

 22 : Mitch. Trans. liit cK; Phil. Sor. New York, 1. p. 428. 



Fouml rarely neer the entj-ance to ('hesa]>oake Bay. 



Acad. Coll. 



(JYBIUM, Cuv. 



1. (J. MACrLATr.M. 



The Bay Mtickerel, or The Spanish Mackerel. 



Similar in sh;i[ic iind appeai'ance to Scomhcj' culids. Head 

 iKiiiited, and to the wjiolc length as about 1 to (i : eyes and 

 month large. (rreenish abuvc, shading into ashen-grey. 

 Siiles and all bL-neatb whitr. Ahout twenty yellowish 

 ronuded si)ots are distributed irregularly along the sides. 

 Fii'st dors;il lin. as far as the eighth or ninl h ray. I'htck: pec- 

 torals blaek, with l)ro\vn margins: \-eiiti-Hls am! anals 

 whitish. 



Fin-rays: — n. 17.2.13--X: 1'. 22: V. I.:.: A. 2.1:) 

 IX; C. 22. 



C. iiiaciiln/iiiii, (Jnentlier, 11. ]>. o72. 



Scoinbc/' jii(/-siil(if'i--:. Miteh. Tran^:. Lii. c'(- Phil. Sue. New 

 York, I. p. 42(b pi. I-.. \VA. 8. 



