Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 873 



to Patagonia and Japan ; abundaut northward in summer; very similar 

 to the preceding, but with the spinous dorsal always shorter, its flesh 

 similarly coarse, dark red, and oily, (chilensis, living in Chile.) 



J\'J<n>iiiKrhiletisis, CUVIEH & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viu, 163, 1831, Valparaiso; Q0- 



THEK, Cat., ii, 368, 1860. 



I'l-hoiti/x orictitaJis, TEMMINCK & SCHLEGEL, Fauna Japan, Poiss., 99, pi. 52, 1850, Japan. 

 Pelawiislineolata, GIRARD, Pac. R. R. Surv., x, 100, 1858, San Diego, California. 

 Sarda chiletisis, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 428, 1883; DRESSLAR & FESLER, I. c., 441, 1889. 



394. SCOMBEROMORUS,* Lacepede. 



Scomberomorus, LACPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 292, 1802, (plumierii). 

 Cijbitnn, CrviEu, llogne Anim., Ed. 2, n, 1829, 120, (cinm<'rso>iii). 

 Apodontis, BENNETT, Proc. Comm. Zoo'l. Soc., i, 169, 1831, (immunis). 

 L,'l>idcybium t GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 125, 1862, (fl-avobrunneum). 

 Cliriomitra, LocKiNGTON, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1879, 133, (concolor). 

 Scomberodon, VAN BENEDEN, (fossil). 



Body elongate, wholly covered with rudimentary scales, which do not 

 form a distinct corselet. Head pointed, comparatively short and small. 

 Mouth wide, the strong teeth in the jaws more or less compressed or 

 knife-shaped ; villiform or sand-like teeth on the vomer and palatines ; 

 maxillary not concealed by preorbital. Gill rakers few. Caudal pedun- 

 cal with a single keel. Spinous dorsal low, of 14 to 18 feeble spines. 

 Soft dorsal and anal short, similar, somewhat elevated and falcate, each 

 followed by 7 to 10 finlets ; ventrals small ; pectorals moderate, near 

 the level of the eye. Air bladder present. Vertebrae normally formed, 

 45 in number. Fishes of the high seas ; graceful in form and beautiful in 

 color; among the best of food-fishes. (o-Ko^/fyof, Scomber; o/t^opof, near.) 



a. Males with sides silvery, no spots; females with 2 rows of brown spots, fins nearly plain. 



CONCOLOR, 1261. 

 da. Both sexes with numerous bronze spots on sides ; spinous dorsal dark except at base. 



b. Soft dorsal inserted in advance of anal. MACULATUS, 1262. 



bb. Soft dorsal inserted over anal. 



c. Body deep, the depth less than 5 in length 



d . Teeth 26 to 32 in each jaw. SIERRA, 1263. 



del. Teeth about 40 in each jaw. REGALIS, 1264. 



cc. Body more slender; the depth about 6 in length. CA VALLA, 1265. 



1261. SCOMBEROMORUS CONCOLOR (Lockington). 

 (MONTEREY SPANISH MACKEREL.) 



Head about 5; depth rather less; eye 5*. D. XVII-16-VIII ; A. I, 

 16-VIII. Mouth slightly oblique, the maxillary reaching to posterior 

 margin of pupil. Teeth of jaws comparatively small, subconical, little 

 compressed ; about 50 in each jaw ; those of vomer and palatines minute 

 and granular. Lateral line slightly wavy, descending obliquely. Pecto- 

 ral fins 8 in length, inserted rather above axis of body; ventral fins 

 small ; spines of dorsal slender and fragile, the longest i as long as head ; 

 dorsal fins separated by an interspace equal to i length of base of spinous 



* For an account of the species of Scomberomorus see a paper by Meek & Newland, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 232-235. 



