Mexican Sierra 



Head 4|-; depth 4I; D. XVII-18-IX; A. II-17-IX; maxillary 

 i4 in iiead;''eye 4f; pectoral if; ventral 4^; dorsal and anal lobes 

 subequal, 2 in head. Body elongate, its dorsal and ventral out- 

 lines equal; profile straight from snout to dorsal; head small and 

 pointed; mouth large, oblique, the jaws equal; maxillary reaching 

 posterior edge of orbit; teeth large, compressed and sharp, 24 to 

 26 in each jaw; lateral line undulating, with about 175 pores. 

 Colour, silvery, bluish above; sides with many elliptical spots of 

 dull orange, 2 rows below lateral line and i above; spinous dorsal 

 white at base, black above; soft dorsal tinged with yellowish, its 

 margin black; anal white; posterior side of pectoral black, the an- 

 terior yellowish with black borders; caudal blackish. 



Mexican Sierra 



Scombcromorus sierra Jordan & Starks 



This species is the Pacific Coast representative of the Spanish 

 mackerel which it very closely resembles and from which it differs 

 only in the more posterior insertion of the soft dorsal and in the 

 colouration. It is known only from Mazatlan, reaches a length 

 of 2\ feet, and is not highly valued as food, but why it is 

 not we are unable to say. 



Colour, silvery, dark steel-blue on the back; sides with nu- 

 merous round spots of the same colour as the back, 3 rows 

 below and i above the lateral line; spinous dorsal all black; 

 anal white; posterior surface of pectoral entirely black, anterior 

 yellowish with blackish borders; caudal black. A large example, 

 probably a male, had 5 rows of spots below lateral line, these 

 spots decreasing in size anteriorly toward the belly, but extending 

 nearly to base of ventral fin. 



Sierra ; Pintado ; Kingfish 



Scovihcrouioriis rcgalis (Bloch) 



This fine fish is found from Cape Cod to Brazil, but it is 

 not common anywhere except about Florida and Cuba. It grows 



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