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Head 4^; depth 4>4 ; D. XIX, v, 13, 1, 8; A. iv, 14, i, 8; 

 snout 2^ in head ; eye 6J^ ; maxillary i j/s ', interorbital space 3^^ ; 

 pectoral i ^ ; least depth of caudal peduncle 4^ ; teeth f ^-J|. 

 Body elongate, strongly compressed, and profiles similarly con- 

 vex. Head compressed, pointed. Eye circular, anterior. Mouth 

 large, curved a little obliquely. Maxillary reaching a little past 

 orbit, and its distal expansion about ^/^ of same. Teeth large, 

 compressed and .sharp. Posterior nostril nearer eye than an- 

 terior, deeply slit-like, and anterior near last fourth in length of 

 snout. Interorbital space convex. Gill-rakers 3+10, longest 

 about ^/j of orbit. Scales very fine, imbedded, behind eye en- 

 larged, and on cheek lanceolate. Lateral line undulated, and 

 forming a broad scaly keel on side of caudal peduncle. Spinous 

 dorsal inserted nearer tip of snout than origin of caudal, or a 

 little behind that of pectoral. Rayed dorsal inserted a little nearer 

 base of caudal than tip of snout, anteriorly high and forming a 

 lobe graduated down from first branched rays. Anal similar, in- 

 serted a little more posterior. Finlets uniform. Caudal widely 

 lunate, base of each lobe with a keel. Pectoral short, about half 

 way to rayed dorsal. Ventral smaller, and inserted about opposite 

 origin of spinous dorsal. Color bluish above, and everywhere 

 more or less silvered. Sides with elliptical blotches of dull orange. 

 Spinous dorsal whitish at base, black marginally. Rayed dorsal 

 yellowish, margins black. Anal white. Caudal dusky. Pectoral 

 black posteriorly, from side yellowish with black borders. Length 

 17 inches. Beesley's Point. 



Among the finest of food-fishes, reaching a weight of 9 pounds. 

 On our coast it is rather irregular, in schools of small size. 



Cyhiuwi maculaitum Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 



345- 



Apodontis maculatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 812, evi- 

 dently from Baird. 



Scomberomorus niaculatus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 

 1887, p. 131.— Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 370. 



Scomber dekayi Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 812. 



