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Sarda mediterranea Jordan & Gilbert, Synop. Fish. N. A., 427, 1883; Goode, Nat. 
Hist. Aquat. Anim., 316, pi. 92, 1884 (Wood’s Holl); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 19, 1884. 
Habitat. — Coasts of America and Europe ; Cape Cod to Cape of Good 
Hope. The specimen examined by us is from Wood’s Holl. 
Etymology: aapda , the Greek name, from Sardinia. 
This species seems to inhabit the open ocean, approaching the shores 
for food or for the purpose of spawning. It reaches a length of 2J to 3 
eet and a weight of 10 to 12 pounds. It is a fair food-fish, but not of 
fine quality. 
10. SARDA CHILENSIS. 
(California Bonito, Skip- jack, Tuna.) 
Pelamys chilensis Cuv. & Val., viii, 1831, p. 163 (Valparaiso); Giintlier, ii, I860, p. 
368; Steindachner, Ichthyologische Notizen, vii, 25, 1868. 
Sarda chilensis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., iii, 1880, p. 27 (San Diego, 
Cal.), no description; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 
p. 456 (Monterey Bay, San Pedro), no description; Jordan & Jouy, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, p. 12 (San Diego, Cal.), no description; Jordan 
&. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, p. 45; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. 
Fish. N. A., 1882, p. 428; Jordan, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 1884, p. 319 (Cali- 
fornia). 
Pdamys orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, u Fauna Japan, Poiss., 1850, p. 99, pi. 52” 
(Japan); Gunther, ii, 1860, p. 368; Steindachner, Ichthyologische Beitrage, 
iv, 11, 1875 (Panama). 
Pdamys lineolata Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Exp., Fishes, 1857, p. 106 (San Diego, Cal.). 
Sarda lineolata Lockington, Report Commissioners Fisheries California, 1879, p. 33 
(Monterey Bay). 
Sarda diilensis var. orientalis Steindachner & Doderleiu, Beitrage zur Kenntniss der 
Fische Japan’s, iii, 11, 1885 (Tokio). 
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Habitat. — Pacific Ocean; southern California to Japan aud Chili. 
The specimens examined by us are from Santa Barbara. 
Etymology: chilensis, living in Chili. 
Dr. Steindachner regards the Japanese bonito (8. orientalis) as a va- 
riety of 8. chilensis . It inhabits the open ocean, coming on the coast of 
California to spawn. Dr. Jordan says : u This fish is everywhere known 
as the bonito. The names * Spanish mackerel ,’ c Skip-jack,’ and 4 Tuna’ 
are also sometimes applied to it. It reaches an average weight of about 
12 pounds. It approaches to within half a mile of the shore, where it 
is taken in great numbers by trolling. It spawns in August or Sep- 
tember. Its arrival is in early summer aud its departure in the fall. 
As a food-fish it is not held in high esteem, the flesh being coarse.” 
Genus YII.— SOOMBEROMORHS. 
Scomberomorus Lac^pbde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 292, 1802 (plumierii = reyalis). 
Cybiura Cuvier, Rbgne Anim., 120, 1829 ( commersonii ). 
Apodontis Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i, 169, 1831 ( immunis ). 
Lepidocybium Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 125, 1862 ( flavobrunneum ). 
Chriomitra Lockington, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 133, 1879 ( concolor ). 
Scomberomorus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 573, 1882 ( regalis ). 
