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tinct bluish lines on the sides, which are nearly parallel with the 

 lateral line, and constitute the most prominent specific character. 

 The first of these begins directly under the tip of the pectoral, 

 the second at the marj^in of the corselet, at a point in the line 

 from the upper to the lower axillary angles of the pectoral. The 

 third and fourth are rather indistinct anteriorly, but very dis- 

 tinct in the posterior half of the body, and are about as far dis- 

 tant from each other as are the first two, the interval betw^een 

 the two pairs being slightly greater than that between the mem- 

 bers of each pair, and equal to the diameter of the orbit. The 

 first or uppermost line is nearly straight, the others, following 

 the lower contour of the body, curve upward over the anal fin, 

 and all four become lost in the darker color of the caudal 

 peduncle. 



If the Japanese fish, which has been referred to this species, 

 be really the oceanic bonito, we must add the following notes on 

 colors; three shorter dark stripes on the middle of the body, be- 

 tween the lateral line and the uppermost of the four long stripes; 

 dark blotches on the membrane connecting the dorsal spines, be- 

 ginning between the sixth and seventh spines and continuing to 

 the riid of the fin. It is not at all certain, in my estimation, 

 that the Japanese form is the same as ours, since it appears to 

 have a more compressed body, the spinous dorsal more poster- 

 iorly placed, and the color differences above mentioned. 



The (( I'.iiiic l)<)nito is said to inhabit the warmer parts of the 

 Allaniir :iiiil iniliiin oceans and the seas of China and Japan. 

 !( is ;i ijiiT visitor in our waters and has no importance for food. 

 I'.'isoiis \\li(. Iinvc laten it sav the flesh is drv and, sometimes, 

 diHagr(M-:ililc. It feeds on Hying fish, skipjacks, small cuttle- 

 lisli, iiiolliisUs. :iii(l iiiaiiiic jilauls. The maximum K-ngth re- 

 <'or(ic(l i.v, ;;(i inciics. 



r.!.") Gymnosarda alleterata iKafinesque) 

 l.ilth' Til II II If 

 .Sroinhir nllilrnitiis K.\i isiMii k, CarMttori Ale. ieii. 46, 1810, Palormo. 

 Thininus tiniiniiiiii CrviKit A: Vai.knciknnks. Hist. Nat. Toiss. Ylll. 104, 



IXil. .M.'dlirir.in iiii; (;rMiii:i!, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. II, 3<34, ISGO. 

 Thi/innis hruxilinisis CvxiKK & Valkncie.nnes, op. eit. 110, Mediterranean. 

 Thynuti^ i,r. ri,,inHis CuviKR & VALENCIENNES, op. cit. 112, Mediterranean. 



