Fishes . goplites the scales are reduced to linearridges imbedded in the skin at different angles. Oligoplitessmirus is a common dry and bony fish aboimding in the WestIndies and ranging north in summer to Cape Cod. Naucrates diictor, the pilotfish, or romero, inhabits theopen sea, being taken—everywhere rarely—in Eiorope, theWest Indies, Hawaii, and Japan. It is marked by six blackcross-bands. Its tail has a keel, and it reaches a length of abouttwo feet. In its development it londergoes considerable change,its first dorsal fin being finally reduced to disconnected spines. The amber-fishes, f
Fishes . goplites the scales are reduced to linearridges imbedded in the skin at different angles. Oligoplitessmirus is a common dry and bony fish aboimding in the WestIndies and ranging north in summer to Cape Cod. Naucrates diictor, the pilotfish, or romero, inhabits theopen sea, being taken—everywhere rarely—in Eiorope, theWest Indies, Hawaii, and Japan. It is marked by six blackcross-bands. Its tail has a keel, and it reaches a length of abouttwo feet. In its development it londergoes considerable change,its first dorsal fin being finally reduced to disconnected spines. The amber-fishes, forming the genus Seriola, are ratherrobust fishes, with the anal fin much shorter than the soft dor-sal. The sides of the tail have a low, smooth keel. From ayellow streak obliquely across the head in some species they receive their Spanish name of coronado. The species are 487 Cavallas and Pampanos 488 numerous, found m all warm seas, of fair quality as food, and range in length from two to six Fig. Naucrales duclor (Linna-us). New Bedford. Mass. Scriola dorsalis is the noted yellow-tail of California valuedby anglers for its game qualities. It comes to the Santa Bar-
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