228 BI'LLKTIN OF THK BI'KKAT OF FISHERIES. 



Family SCOMBKID.-E. 

 SCOMBEK (Artedi) Linnaeiis. 



392. Scomber japonicus Hdiittuyn. Hawaii; Califurnia; Jajiaii; Atlantic. 

 .<r,„i,l„rrnliiisOmvnu. 



393. Scomber microlepidotus Hiippell. Solomon Is. and New Hebrides (Seale); coa.«ts of Asia. 



394. Scomber chrysozonus Riippell. Bougainville Is. (Peters, Berl. Mon. 1876, 8.%) ; Red Sea. 



395. Scomber loo (Cuvier & Valenciennes), di. Samoa; Waigin; Fiji; Palau Is.; New (Juinea 



(Macleay); Fast Indies. 

 This well-marked mackerel is abundant in tlie open channels about the reefs of Samoa, and is an 

 excellent food fish. The species is quite distinct irom 'Scomber hinatjurtd, with which (iiinthcr has 

 confounded it. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, lustrous green, silvery below; round blackish green spots on 

 sides of back. 



AUXIS Cuvier. 



396. Auxis tbazard ( Laccjicdc). Hawaii; Xcwiiuinca: warm seas. 



GYMNOSAKDA Gill. 



397. Gymnosarda pelamis iLiniucus). Hawaii; warm seas. 



398. Gymnosarda alleterata ( Kulhicsi|ue). Hawaii; warm seas. 



GEEMO Jordan. 



399. Germo gperm.o (Lacepede). South Seas; Japan. 



400. Germo macropterus (Schlegel). Hawaii; southern California; Japan. 



This species is known liy its elevated dorsal and anal, and especially by the citron-yelluw tinlets. 



SARDA Cuvier. 



401. Sarda chilensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; California; Chile; .Tapan. 



SCOMBEROMORTJS Lacepede. 



402. Scomberomorus coinmersoni Laci'|it(Ie. New (iuinea ( Macleay i ; East Indies. 



ACANTHOCYBITIM Gill. 



403. Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier it \'tdencieiHies). Hawaii; warm seas. 



Family LEPIDOPID.J:. 



RUVETTUS Cocco. 



404. Buvettus prstiosus Cocco. Hawaii; Jai.aii; West Indies. 



PROMETHICHTHYS Gill. 



405. Promethicbthys prometheus ((Juvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; Tahiti; Australia; Jajian. 



LEMNISOMA Lesson. ( aanpylus Cuvier & Valenciennes. ) 



406. Lemnisoma thyrsitoides Lesson. Hawaii; Tahiti; West Indies. 

 [(iiiitjii/liis serpens and Gcmpijlus coluber Cuvier Ji Valencienues. ) 



