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5. GYMNOBARDA PELAMIS. 
(Oceanic Bonito.) 
Scomber pelamis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., x, 297, 1758 (“in Pelago inter Tropicos”); Lin- 
naeus, Syst. Nat., i, 492, 1766. 
Thynnus pelamis Steindachner, Ichth. Berichte, v, 7, 1868. 
Scomber pelamides Lacdpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 14, 1802 (after Liunaeus). 
Thynnus pelamys Cuv. & Val., viii, 113, 1831 (Rio Janeiro and Indian Oc&an). 
Orcynus pelamys Poey, Synopsis, 362, 1868; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 72, 1875 ; Goode 
and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 24, 1878 (Provincetown, Mass.) ; Bean, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 89, 94, 1880 (Wood’s Holl, Bermuda ; no description) ; Goode, 
Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 316, 319, pi. 95 B, 1884 (Provincetown and Wood’s 
Holl, Mass.). 
Euthynnus pelamys Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fisb. N. A., 430, 1883; Jordan, Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus., 574, 18^6 (no description). 
Habitat. — Warm seas ; north to Cape Cod and Bermudas. 
Etymology : i xilapiq, tunny. 
This species is scarce on the American coast, and rather more com- 
mon in Southern Europe. As its name was originally spelled pelamis , 
we retain that orthography. 
6. GYMNOBARDA ALLETTERATA. 
(Little Tunny, Albacore, Bonito.) 
Scomber alletieralus Rafinesque, Caratteri Alcuni Genere, etc., 46, 1810 (Palermo). 
Scomber aleiteratus Rafinesque, Indice Ittiologia Siciliana, 20, 1810. 
Orcynus alliteratus Gill. Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A., U. S. Fish Comm., 802, 1873 ; Baird, 
Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., 825, 1873 (Wood’s Holl); Goode & Bean, Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus., 24, 1878; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 128, 1879 (Pen- 
sacola); Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 237, 1882 (name only) ; Bean 
& Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 155, 1884. 
Euthynnus alliteratus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 430, 1883; Jordan, Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus., 34, 120, 1884 (Key West) ; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 77, 
1884 (Key West ; no description). 
Thynnus leachianus Risso, Eur. Merid., iii, 414, 1826 (Nice). 
Scomber quadripunctatus Geoffroy-St.- Hilaire, “Descr. Egypt. Poiss., tab. 24, f. 3, 
1827” (Egypt). 
Thynnus thunnina Cuv. & Yah, viii, 104, 1831 (Mediterranean) ; Gunther, ii, 364, 1860 ; 
Steindachner, Ichthyologische Berichte v, 6, 1868. 
Thynnichthys thunnina Giglioli, Cat. dei Pesci Italiani, 25, 1880 (Naples, Messina, 
Trieste). 
Orcynus thunnina Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens. 72, 1875 (Havana). 
Thynnus brevipinnis Cuv. & Val., viii, 112, 1831 (Mediterranean). 
Thynnichthys brevipinnis Giglioli, Cat. dei Pesci Italiani, 25, 1880 (Genoa, Palermo). 
Thynnus brasiliensis Cuv. & Yah, viii, 110, 1831 (Brazil). 
Thynnus ajfinis Cantor, Cat. Malay Fishes, 106, 1850 (Sea of Pinang) ; Gunther, ii, 363, 
1860. 
Habitat.— Warm seas; occasionally north to Cape Cod. The speci- 
mens examined by us are from Key West and Pensacola. 
Etymology : alleteratu , a local Italian name at Palermo. 
This species is rather common both in the West Indies and in 
Southern Europe. On our coast it is usually known as the bunito or 
little tunny. The name alletteratus has clear priority over quadripunc - 
tatus and thunnina and must supersede them, 
