488 Cavallas and Pampanos 
numerous, found in all warm seas, of fair quality as food, and 
range in length from two to six feet. 
Fig. 382.—Pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor (Linneus). New Bedford, Mass. 
Seriola dorsalis is the noted yellow-tail of California, valued 
by anglers for its game qualities. It comes to the Santa Bar- 
Fig. 383.—Amber-fish, ‘eriola lalandi (Cuv. & Val.). Family Carangide. Wood’s 
Hole. 
bara Islands in early summer. Sertola zonata is the rudder- 
fish, or shark’s pilot, common on our New England coast. The 
banded young, abundant off Cape Cod, lose their marks with 
age. Seriola hippos is the “‘samson-fish’”’ of Australia. Sert- 
ola lalandi is the great amber-fish of the West Indies, occa- 
sionally venturing farther northward, and Seriola dumertli 
the amber-jack, or coronado, of the Mediterranean. The deep- 
bodied medregal (Seriola fasciata) is also taken in the West 
Indies, as is also the high-finned Sertola rivoliana. Species 
very similar to these occur in Hawaii and Japan, where they 
