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fin commences under the eighteenth ray of ftie second dorsal, 

 and is conterminous with that fin. Just anterior to the anal 

 are two small distant spines, scarcely appearing above the 

 skin. Caudal deeply forked. Silvery-blue on the back and 

 sides, becoming of a faint greenish-yellow on the abdomen. 

 An oblique black band from the spinous dorsal fin to the eye. 

 Five, usually six, broad dusky bands nearly surround the 

 body and tail, forming generally three black spots on the 

 dorsal and two on the anal fins. Summit of the head dark 

 blue, with a lighter colored space between the eyes. Eyes 

 yellow. Both dorsal fins deep olive; ventrals bright olive- 

 green ; anals margined throughout with white. The colors 

 of this fish are extremely fugacious, the belly and sides turn- 

 ing white a few minutes after death ; the bands then extend 

 over the dorsal and anal fins. Length, 7 to 10 inches. 



Fin-rays : D. 7, 1, 35 ; P. 19; V. 6 ; A. 2, 19; C. 15?. 



Seriola zonatus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc, New York, 

 I. p. 427, pi. 4, fig. 3. 



— zonafa, Cuv. & Yal. IX, p. 213 ; DeKay, New York 

 Fauna. Fish, p. 128, pi. 9, fig. 26 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 

 73, pi. 10, fig. 1. 



— Jeiarchiis, Cuv. & Val. IX, p. 213. 



Specimens of this fish are occasionally found on the coast 

 of Worcester county. (Wallop's Island.) 

 Acad. Coll. 



XXVIII- SCIENIDE, 



MENTICIRRHUS, Gill. 

 M- nehulosus. 



King Fish. Whiting. Hake. Barb. 



Body elongated, cylindrical, tapering. The height of the 

 body is 4^ in the total length, the length of the head 4^ ; the 

 diameter of the eye is 7^ in the length of the head, and 1\ 



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