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Family SPHYR^NID^. 

 62. Sphyraena argentea Girard. 



BARRACUDA. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 826.) 



Abnndant in the open ocean, and the yonng are common in 

 the bays in the spring-time. It is found from San Francisco to 

 (Juaymas, Mexico (Evennann and Jenkins, 1891, p. 137), and is 

 a food fish of importance, especially southward. 



Family POLYNEMID.E. 

 63. Polydactylus opercularis (Gill). 



THREAD PISH. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 830.) 



Mrs. Andrews, an artist in San Diego, who has a large collec- 

 tion of oil studies and paintings of fishes, has a color study of 

 what is apparently this species; she obtained two specimens from 

 the fishermen. It has not before been recorded so far north; its 

 range extends southward to Panama. 



Family SCOMBRID.F. 

 64. Scomber japonicus Houttuyn. 



MACKEREL. 



{Scomber eolias Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 866, fig 364.) 

 Very abundant on the Southern California coast. It is cos- 

 mopolitan in distribution, being known on both coasts of America 

 northward to Maine and San Francisco, Japan, England, and the 

 Mediterranean. It is a food fish of importance, but very inferior 

 to the common mackerel of the east coast. 



65. Gymnosarda pelamis (Linnaeus). 



OCEANIC BONITO. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 868.) 

 Mrs. Andrews, an artist in San Diego, has an oil-color study 

 of this species. She secured the specimen in the local market. It 



