62 Catalogue of the Fishes of Connecticut. 



Family Chetodontida. 



*37. Ephippus faber, Cuv., Banded Ephippus, Stratford, East 

 Haven. 



Family ^combridce. 



*38. Scomber vernalis, Mitchill, Spring Mackerel, Branford 

 and Stratford. 



*39. Scomber colias, Gmelin, Spanish Mackerel, Stratford. 



*40. Cybium maculatum, Mitchill, Spotted Mackerel, Long 

 Island Sound. 



*41. Thynnus vulgaris, Cuv,, Common Tunny, Stonington. 



42. Trichiurus lepturus, Linn., Silver Hair-tail, Massachusetts 

 and New York. 



*43. Pelamys Sarda, Bloch, Skip- Jack, Stonington. 



*44. Elacate Atlantica, Cuv., Northern Crab-eater, New York 

 and Massachusetts. 



*A5. Xiphias gladius, Linn., Sword Fish, New Haven. 



*37. This beautiful fish, the popular name of which is three-tailed porgee, was 

 taken last summer at East Haven, by a Mr. Mitchell, as he informs me. Capt. 

 Porter of this town informs me that he has taken it at the Middle Ground in our 

 Sound. They both readily recognized the figure. This is so unlike any other 

 fish, it must be correct as stated. 



*38. The spring mackerel is sometimes caught in white-fish seines in our Sound. 

 Some years since many were so taken in Branford. Mr. Ayres has seen them 

 also in the Sound on Long Island shore. 



*39. A fine specimen of the Spanish mackerel I obtained from a seine drawn 

 here in the Sound, in July, 1842. It was ten inches in length, and truly a beauti- 

 ful fish. 



*^40. This is the Scomher maculatum of Mitchill, and has been taken in Long 

 Island Sound by Mr. Ayres. 



*41. Many of the tunny or horse mackerel were taken in Stonington, in 1840. 

 It appears there somewhat periodically and with several years intervening. Its 

 length there usually is from twenty-five to thirty inches. New York obtains her 

 principal supply from Block Island, as indicated by Dr. Dekay. 



*43. The skip-jack was taken at Stonington, in July, 1842. 



*44. This voracious fish, {crah-eater.) as stated by Dr. Dekay 's report, page 144, 

 ranges from 42° N., to the shores of Brazil, as well as the shores of Europe and 

 Africa. One of our fishermen believes he has taken it at the mouth of the Ilousa- 

 tonic. 



*45. While Yarrell observes that the edges of the sword of this fish " are finely 

 denticulated," and Dr. Storer mentions, " his specimen was unnaturally broken at 

 intervals, evidently by use," I would remark, that I have a very large and fine 

 specimen, the edges of which are very regular and perfectly smooth. The fish 

 could not have been less than fifteen feet in length. I have no hesitation in sta- 

 ting, that the sword of this fish is naturally perfectly smootii throughout its whole 

 length, and with sharply carinated edges. I am well informed a small specimen 

 was taken and eaten by fishermen at New Haven, 1843. 



