110 TjLjjiiusii!/! : Au Ail xnuri iiiti. — aa. 



283. S. vomer (L.). MooN-nsH. Horse-head. Look-down. 

 Adult with soft rays of D. and A. much produced ; young with 

 dorsal spines and V. variously elongate, these fins short with age. 

 Silvery. Head 3; depth 1^. L. 12. Warm seas, frequently N. 

 to Cape Cod. 



138. CHLOROSCOMBRUS Girard. (xXiapos, green ; aKOfi^pos, 

 mackerel.) 



284. C. chrysurus (L.). Bumper. Casabe. Greenish; 

 sides and below golden ; a dark blotch on back of tail ; head deep ; 

 mouth very oblique ; P. very long ; chord of arch of lateral line I^ 

 to 1 1 in straight part; no scutes. Head 3f ; depth 2J. D. VHI-l, 

 26. A. II-l, 26. L. 9. W. Indies, rare N. (xpvaos, gold; 

 ovpd, tail.) 



139. TRACHINOTUS Lacepfede. Pompanos. (jpaxvs, 

 rough ; vS>tos, back.) 

 a. Dorsal with 19 to 20 soft rays ; anal with 17 to 19. 

 b. Body broadly ovate, its depth at all ages more than half the body; sides 

 without black bars. 



285. T. faloatus (L.). Round Pompano. Palometa. Body 

 deep ; profile from nostril to dorsal everywhere about equally con- 

 vex ; lobes of D. and A. high, reaching in adult beyond middle of 

 fin; bluish, sides silvery; lobes of D. black in young; no axillary 

 spot. Head 3| ; depth 1|. L. 20. Warm seas, occasional N. to 

 N. Y. (T. ovatus (L.) ; T. rhomboides Bloch.) (Lat., scythe- 

 shaped.) 



aa. Dorsal with 25 soft rays; anal with 22; body oblong, rather robust. 



286. T. carolinus (L.). Common Pompano. Bluish, golden 

 below ; changes greatly with age, the young deeper, with conspic- 

 uous fin-spines, and with teeth in jaws ; D. and A. lobes about 

 reaching middle of fins. Head 4 ; depth 2|. L. 18. Gulf Coast, 

 etc., N. to Cape Cod, common S. ; a famous food fish. 



140. NAUCRATES Rafinesque. {vavKpaTrjs, pilot.) 



287. N. ductor (L.). PiLOT-nsH. Romero. Bluish with 

 about 6 broad dark vertical bars. Head 4 ; depth 4. D. IV -1,26. 

 A. II-l, 16. Pelagic; occasional on our coast. (Eu.) (Lat., 

 guide. ) 



141. SERIOIiA Cuvier. Amber-fishes. (An Italian name.) 



288. S. zonata (Mitchill). Rudder-fish. Bluish, with 6 

 broad black bars, which fade or disappear with age ; an oblique 

 dark band from eye to spinous dorsal; V. mostly black. Head 

 longer than deep; occiput compressed; tail keeled. Head 3^; 

 depth 3J. D. VII- 1, 38. A. II-l, 21. L. 80. Cape Cod to 

 W. I , not rare. (La^ banded.) 



