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numerous, found in all warm seas, of fair quality as food, and 
range in length from two to six feet. 
Fic. 213.—Pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor (Linneeus). 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- 
Fic. 214.—Amber-fish, Seriola lalandi (Cuv. & Val.). Family Carangida Wood's 
Hole. 
bara Islands in early summer. Seriola 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. Sertola hippos is the ‘‘samson-fish”’ of Australia. Seri- 
ola lalandi is the great amber-fish of the West Indies, occa- 
sionally venturing farther northward, and Seriola dumeralt 
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 Seritola rivoliana. Species 
very similar to these occur in Hawaii and Japan, where they 
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