93 



Scomber maculatus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. tV' Phil. Soc. Neu" 

 York, I, p. 426; pi. G; fig. 8. 



Cyhium maculafum, Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brasil. p. 103; 

 tab. 60; Cu\i. & Val. VIII, p. 181; Storer, Post. Journal, 

 IV, ]). 179; DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 108; pi.. 

 73; Hg. 232; Holbr. Iclitli. S. Car. p. 66; pi. 9; fig. 1. 



Has been caught in large numbers in the Potomac River 

 near its mouth; it is considered a great delicacy and as one 

 of the finest food-fish in the market. 



It is more solitarj than the other fishes of the Mackerel 

 family generally, and only 4 or 5 are taken at the same time. 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



2— C. regale. 



Black-Spotted Spanish Mackerel, King-fish, 



or Cero. 



Similar to the })receding, but with a broad, brownish, lon- 

 gitudinal stripe, and Avith roundish spots above and beneath. 

 C. regale, Guenther, II, p. 372. 



/S'com5er re^a?/.S', Bloch, taf. , 333; Lacep. IV, }>. 711 — V:. 

 p. 789. 



Cyhium regale, Cuv. & Val. VIII, p. 184. 



Brought occasionally in small numbers from Chesapeake 

 Bay near the Ocean, and commands a ready sale in the 13alti- 

 niore markets. 



Acad. Coll. >S. I. 



I— I 

 VOMER, CuA. 



Bhnt-Nosed Shiner, Horse-fish, or Bris 



Nearly oval in shape, body strongly compressed; tail small, 

 cylindrical; back abruptly descending above the eye, forming 

 a cancave profile; no scales on the upper part of the body 

 above the lateral line, and very small ones on the sides, be- 

 coming larger on the tail; except on the long pectoral fins, 

 all the rays are short; the whole body is of a lustrous silvery 

 color, ]iassing into leaden on the back; membrane of the 



