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about the Santa Barbara Islands, where it runs in great schools 
in March. The flesh of the albacore is of little value, unless, 
as in Japan, it is eaten raw. The Japanese shibi (Germo germo) 
is another large albacore, having the finlets bright yellow. It is 
found also at Hawaii. 
The bonito (Sarda sarda) wanders far throughout the Atlan- 
tic, abounding on our Atlantic coast as in the Mediterranean, 
coming inshore in summer to spawn or feed. Its flesh is red 
and not very delicate, though it may be reckoned as a fair food- 
Fic. 207.—The Long-fin Albacore, Germo alalunga (Gmelin). Gulf Stream. 
fish. It is often served under the name of ‘‘Spanish mackerel”’ 
to the injury of the reputation of the better fish. 
Professor Goode writes: 
“One of these fishes is a marvel of beauty and strength. 
Every line in its contour is suggestive of swift motion. The 
head is shaped like a minie bullet, the jaws fit together so 
tightly that a knife-edge could scarcely pass between, the eyes 
are hard, smooth, their surfaces on a perfect level with the 
adjoining surfaces. The shoulders are heavy and strong, the 
contours of the powerful masses of muscle gently and evenly 
merging into the straighter lines in which the contour of the 
body slopes back to the tail. The dorsal fin is placed in a 
groove into which it is received, like the blade of a clasp-knife 
in its handle. The pectoral and ventral fins also fit into depres- 
sions in the sides of the fish. Above and below, on the pos- 
terior third of the body, are placed the little finlets, each a little 
rudder with independent motions of its own, by which the 
course of the fish may be readily steered. The tail itself is a 
