96 THE SHORE FISHES. 
SCOMBRIDAE. 
Scomberomorus sierra Jorpan & SrarRks. 
Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1895, ser. 2, 5, p. 428. Grupert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad., 1904, 4, p. 68. 
Two specimens 47 and 56 inches long from Panama Bay. M. C. Z. 29451 
(1 specimen). 
The larger specimen had the head 3.69 in length without caudal; depth 
4.11; eye 4.14 in head; snout 2.90; maxillary 1.81; mandible 1.61; pectoral 
2.23; soft dorsal 2.41; anal 2.41; dorsal XVII-I, 16—-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1; analy 
IJ-16-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. The other specimen had the head 3.91 in length ' 
without caudal; depth 4.94; eye 4.57 in head; snout 3.27; maxillary 1.77; — 
mandible 1.65; pectoral 2.40; soft dorsal 2.18; anal 2.18; dorsal XVIII-I, — 
17-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1; anal IJ-18-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. 
Soft dorsal, in larger specimen, is separated by a slight space; in smaller 
specimen there seems to be no separation. The insertion of the dorsal in both 
is somewhat in advance of the origin of the anal. 
Color in spirits; — brownish on back with bluish reflections; bright silvery — 
on sides; a small dusky area on lower posterior margin of orbit; spinous dorsal 
with the membrane between the Ist and 4th entirely black, this color extending 
on to membrane between 4th and 5th, from about middle of 4th to near tip of 
5th thencé continued as a narrow black margin along rest of fin; caudal yellow- 
ish with dusky punctulations, these thickest on lobes and terminal margins; — 
other fins yellowish with dusky punctulations; no spots anywhere. 
CARANGIDAE. 
Naucrates ductor (Lrnnf). 
JorpAN & EvERMANN, Bull. 47, U.S. Nat. Mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 900. 
Gasterosteus ductor LinNE, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 295. 
One specimen M. C. Z. 29612, ¢ inch long from surface at Station 4706, 
Lat. 14°, 18.7’ S.; Long. 98°, 45.8’ W. 
Dorsal IV-I, 29; anal II-I, 16. 
Another specimen 1} inches long from Station 4704, Lat. 16°, 55.3’ S.; 
Long. 100°, 24.67 W. D.IV-1, 29; A. II-I, 17. 
One specimen 23 inches long from Station 4703, Lat. 17°, 18.6’ S.; Long. 
100°, 52.3’ W. 
These specimens are only provisionally identified with this species, as they 
are too small for certain identification. 
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