106 TELEOSTEI: ACANTHOPTERI. XX. 



Head 4f ; depth 5. D. XVIII - 1 7 - IX. A. II - 1 8 - VIII. L. 2 \ 

 feet. Tropical America, N. in summer, a favorite food fish. (Lat., 

 spotted.) 



126. SARDA Cuvier. (Lat. name, from Sardinia, where it 

 abounds.) 



266. S. sarda (Bloch.) BONITO. Steel-blue, with several black- 

 ish streaks obliquely downward and forward from back. Head 3^ ; 

 depth 4J. D. XXI -1,13 -VII. A. II -13- VII. L. 4 feet. At- 

 lantic, abundant N. to Cape Cod. (Eu.} 



127. ALB AC OR A Jordan (gen. nov.) 



(Orcynus and Thynnus Cuvier, both names preoccupied.) (Albacore, 

 a word said to be of Moorish origin.) 



a. Pectoral fins short, about reaching 9th dorsal spine, and 6 to 7 in body. 

 (Albacora.) 



267. A. thynnus (L.). GREAT TUNNY. ALBACORE. Very ro- 

 bust. Dark blue, dusky below with obscure paler spots. Head 3f ; 

 depth 4. D. XIV-1, 12-VIII. A. II-12-VIII. L. 12 to 15 

 feet. Atlantic, everywhere, one of the largest of fishes, sometimes 

 reaching 1500 Ibs. (Qvwos, tunny.) (Eu?) 



128. GYMNOS ARDA GiU. (Euihynnus Liitken.) 



(yvp.v6s, naked ; Sarda.) 

 a. Lateral line abruptly curved behind second dorsal. 



268. G. pelamis (L.). OCEANIC BONITO. Bluish ; four brown 

 stripes on each side of belly. Head 3 ; depth 4. D. XV -12- 

 VIII. A. 12 -VII. Atlantic, scarce, W. (Eu.) (jreXa^vs, tunny.) 

 aa. Lateral line without abrupt curve. 



269. G. alletterata (Rafmesque). LITTLE BONITO. Bluish; no 

 stripes on lower parts ; several oblique wavy dark streaks above 

 lateral line, about 5 blackish spots below P. Head 3| ; depth 4^. 

 D. XV -12 -VIII. A. 12 -VII. L. 2^ feet. Warm seas, rarely 

 N. (Eu.) (From alletteratu, the Sicilian name.) 



129. AUXIS Cuvier. (avis, a young tunny.) 



270. A. thazard (Lacepede). FRIGATE MACKEREL. Blue, 

 somewhat mottled with darker. Head 4; depth 4J. D. X- 12- 

 VIII. A. 13 -VII. L. 18. Warm seas, occasional schools on 

 our coast. (Jw.) (From tassard, the French name.) 



130. SCOMBER (Artedi) Linnseus. (<rKo>/3poy, Scomber, 



mackerel.) 

 a. Air bladder none; top of head without translucent area. (Scomber.) 



271. S. scombrus L. COMMON MACKEREL. Dark blue 

 above, silvery below, the lower parts unmarked ; eye moderate ; 



