228 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family SC0MBR1D£. 

 SCOMBER (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



392. Scomber japonicus Houttuyn. Hawaii; California; Japan; Atlantic. 

 Scomber colias Gmelin. 



393. Scomber microlepidotus Riippell. Solomon Is. and New Hebrides (Seale); coasts of Asia. 



394. Scomber chrysozonus Riippell. Bougainville Is. (Peters, Berl. Mon. 1876, 836) ; Red Sea. 



395. Scomber loo (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Go. Samoa; Waigiu; Fiji; Palau Is.; New Guinea 



(Macleay) ; East Indies. 

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

 excellent food fish. The species is quite distinct from Scomber hanagurta, with which Giinther 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 thazard (Lacepede). Hawaii; New Guinea; warm seas. 



GYMNOSARDA Gill. 



397. Gymnosarda pelamis (Linnaeus). Hawaii; warm seas. 



398. Gymnosarda alleterata ( Rafinesque) . Hawaii; warm seas. 



GERMO Jordan. 



399. Germo germo (Lacepede). South Seas; Japan. 

 ( Thynnus sibi Schlegel.) 



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



This species is known by its elevated dorsal and anal, and especially by the citron-yellow Unlets. 



SARDA Cuvier. 



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



SCOMBEROMORTJS Lacepede. 



402. Scomberomorus commersoni Lacepede'. New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



ACANTHOCYBITJM Gill. 



403. Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; warm seas. 



Family LEPIDOPIM. 



RTJVETTUS Cocco. 



404. Ruvettus prstiosus Cocco. Hawaii; Japan; West Indies. 



PROMETHICHTHYS Gill. 



405. Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; Tahiti; Australia; Japan. 



LEMNISOMA Lesson. ( Gempylus Cuvier & Valenciennes. ) 



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

 {Gempylus serpens and Gempylus coluber Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



