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importance. (Named for A. M. Constant Dume'ril, ichthyologist of the 

 Museum at Paris, about 1810, father of Auguste Dume'ril, 1870.) (Eu.) 



Caranx dumerili,* Kisso, Ichthyol. Nice, 175, pi. 6, fig. 20, 1810, Nice. 



Seriola dumerili, Risso, Eur. Merid., in, 424, 1827; CUVIEB, Regne Animal, Ed. 2, 130, pi. 56, fig. 



1, 1829; CUVIEB & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 201, pi. 258, 1833; GCNTHER, fat., n, 



462, 1860; STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Berichte, v, 40, 1868; STEINDACHNEB, Ichth. Beitrji^o, i, 



20, 1874; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 122 and 123. 

 Trachunis aliciolus,* RAFINESQTTE, Caratteri, 42, pi. xi, fig. 2, 1810, Sicily. 

 Trachurus fasciatu*, RAFINESQUE, Indice d'lttiologia Sicil., 21, No. 108, and app. 53, No. 12, 1810, 



Sicily; not Sc.omber fasciatns of BLOCH. 

 Seriola proximo., POEY, Memoriae, n, 229, 1860, Cuba. 



Subgenus ZONICHTHYS, Swainson. 

 1292. SERIOLA MAZATLANA, Steindachner. 



Head 3g ; depth 3f. D. VII-I, 32; A. II-I, 21. Eye 4i in head; snout 

 3. Maxillary not reaching middle of eye. Longest dorsal ray 2 in head ; 

 longest anal ray 3. Pectoral half as long as head ; ventral If in head. 

 Grayish, with numerous narrow bluish cross bands, more or less mottled 

 with brown. Mazatlan ; one young specimen known. Coloration as in 

 Seriola fasciata, but the body formed more as in Seriola dumerili. 

 Seriola mazatlana, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitrage, v, 8, 1876, Mazatlan. 



1293. SERIOLA PASCIATA (Blocli). 

 (MEDREGAL.) 



Head 4 ; depth 3f . D. VIII-I, 32 ; A. II-I, 20. Body oblong oval, com- 

 pressed. Maxillary reaching front of pupil ; pectoral 8 in total length ; 

 second dorsal low, not falcate, its longest ray not half depth of body; 

 anal similar, but lower. Grayish, with golden reflections, a brown band 

 from eye to nape; no yellow longitudinal band; young with about 12 

 very narrow dark cross bands which disappear with age, these bands 

 continued on the vertical fins ; fins greenish. Size small. Length about 

 one foot. (Poey.) West Indies north to Charleston ; not very common ; 

 not seen by us. (fasciatus, banded.) 



Scomber fasciatm, BLOCK, Ichthyologia, pi. 341, 1793. 



Seriola fasciatn, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 211, 1833; G(JNTHER, Cat., n, 

 464, 1860; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 445, 1883. 



Halatractus fasciatus, POEY, Synopsis, 373, 1868. 



Seriola semicoronata, POEY, Memorias, n, 232, 1860, Havana. The name fasciata was given by 

 POEY to banded specimens, that of semicoronala to those from which the bands had disap- 

 peared. 



1 294. SERIOLA RIVOLIANA (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3i ; depth 3^. D. I, 29 ; A. I, 20. Body elliptical, deep, com- 

 pressed; the nape not very sharp; caudal keel weak. Head a little 



* We do not know which of the two names dumerili and aliciolus has priority of date. We fol- 

 low custom in recognizing the names of Risso given in 1810, in preference to those of Rafinesque 

 of the same year. The far greater accuracy and value of the excellent work of Risso justifies 

 this preference. 



