392 GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Cero ; black spotted Spamsb mackerel ; ^in^sh.—Cybium regale. Cuvier. 

 Range extends to Florida. 



Albicore ; American tunny ; horse mackerel. — Orcynus secundi-dorsalis. Gill. 



Range extends to Florida. 



[See descriptions of all the above in Eastern Coast Fishes.] 



Jackfish. — Seriola carolinensis. Holbrook. 



Head olive brown, body bluish slate color ; sides yellow ; belly 

 white ; a yellow band from the opercle to the tail, which is widely 

 forked ; fins bluish yellow. Length two feet four inches. Lives 

 in deep water and is taken with bait and line at all seasons of the 

 year, but is never abundant. 



Banded Mackerel.— i'^rzWa zonata. Holbrook. 



Body pale bluish slate color, marked by vertical dusky bands. 

 A yellow horizontal band extends from the opercle to the tail, and 

 a second band of same color, less distinct, is often found below it ; 

 fins yellowish ; tail deeply forked. It ranges from Massachusetts 

 to Florida. 



Green Mackerel. — Seriola chloris. Holbrook. 



Upper half of body palest green ; lower half silvery, iridescent, 

 with purple reflections, fins yellow ; tail widely forked with a black 

 spot at the base. Seen along the coast during July and August ; 

 feeds on small fish. 



CARANGID/E. 



Gavalli or Q,-Ke.v t^\AJS..— Trachy7totzis carolinus. Gill. 



This fish very much resembles the pompano, belongs to the 

 same family, and is often confounded with it, even by naturalists, 

 but its habits are very different. The cavalli has a more pointed 

 head and snout, with moderately large conical and pointed teeth. 

 The mouth is larger than in the pompano, the body not as deep 

 in proportion to the length, the eye is larger, it has two dorsal 

 fins, and at the junction of the tail with the body it is smaller than 

 the pompano. The principal structural differences are these : In 



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