444 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
13. BCOMBEROMORUS REGALIS. 
(Pintado, Cero, Sierra.) 
Scomber regalis Bloch, Ausl. Fische, pi. 333, 1793 (after a drawing by Plumier) ; Bloch 
& Schneider, System a Nat., 22, 1801 (after Bloch); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus.^ 573, 1882. 
Cybium regale Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, 121, 1829 (name only; after Bloch) ; Cuv. & 
Val., viii, 184, 1831 (San Domingo); DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 108, 
1842 (Gulf of Mexico); Giinther, ii, 372, 1860 (Jamaica); Poey, Syn. Pise. 
Cub., ii, 326, 1868 (Cuba) ; Gill, Kept. U. S. Fish Comm., 802, 1871-’72 (name 
only) ; Baird, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., 825, 1871-72 (Wood’s Holl ; no descrip- 
tion) ; Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 24, 1873 (name only); Poey, Enum. 
Pise. Cubens., 73, 1875; Poey, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 4, 1878 (Cuba); Goode, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 3, 1879 (East Florida; no description). 
Scomberomorus regalis Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 237, 1882; Jordan & Gil- 
bert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 426, 1883 (Cape Cod to Brazil); Jordan, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., 120, 1884 (Key West); Jordan, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 78, 1884 
(Key West; no description); Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 307, 316, pi. 
94, f. 2, 1884 (Key West); Meek & Newland, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
234, 1884 (Key West, Havana); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 36, 1886 (Ha- 
vana); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 574, 1886 (West Indies; no descrip- 
tion). 
Scomberomorus plumieri Lacdpede, iii, 292, 1802 (after Aubriet’s copy of Plumier’s 
drawings). 
Cybium acervum Cuv. & Val., viii, 186, 1831 (in part; type) ; Poey, Repertorio, i, 322, 
1867 and ii, 13 (Cuba) ; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 73, 1875; Poey, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 4, 1878 (no description). 
Habitat . — East coast of America; Cape Cod to Brazil. The speci- 
mens examined by us are from Key West and Havana. 
Etymology : regalis , kingly. 
This species is closely allied to maculatus , from which most fishermen 
do not distinguish it. It attains a length of 5 or 6 feet and a weight of 
20 or 30 pounds. 
14. SCOMBEROMORUS CA VALLA. 
(King-fish, Sierra.) 
Guarapucu Marcgrave, Hist. Brasil., 178, 1648 (Brazil). 
Cybium cavalla Cuvier, Rkgne Animal, ed. 2, 121, 1829 (after Marcgrave) ; Tybring, 
Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 150, 1886. 
Cybium tritor Cuv.'& Val., viii, 176, pi. 218, 1831 (West Coast of Africa); Gunther, ii, * 
372, 1860 (after Cuv. & Val.). 
Cybium caballa Cuv. & Val., viii, 187, 1831 (Brazil); Gunther, ii, 373, 1860 (San Do- 
mingo); Guichenot, Sagra, Hist. Cuba Poiss., 103, 1850 (Cuba); Poey, Re- 
pertorio, i, 322, and ii, 13, 1867 (Cuba) ; Poey, Synopsis, 362, 1868; Poey, Enu- 
meratio, 73, 1875 (Cuba) ; Poey, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 3, 1879 (East Florida; 
no description) ; Poey, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 118, 1882 (Key West; no de- 
scription). 
Cybium immaculatum Cuv. & Val., viii, 191, 1831. 
Scomberomorus caballa Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 237, 1882 (no description); 
Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 268, 1882 (Pensacola); Jordan & 
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 594, 1882 (Charleston; no description); Jor- 
dan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 427, 1883 (copied) ; Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. 
Animals, 307, 316, pi. 94, f. 1, 1884 (Wood’s Holl, Mass.). 
