. Fishes. Fishes. 478 Percomorphi about the Santa Barbara Islands, where it nins in great schools in March. The flesh of the albacore is of little value, unless, as in Japan, it is eaten raw. The Japanese {Germo macropterus) is another large albacore, having the finlets bright yellow. It is found also at Hawaii and in Southern California. The bonito {Sarda sarda) wanders far throughout the Atlan- tic, abounding on our Atlantic coast as in the Mediterranean, coming inshore in summer to spawn or feed. Its flesh is red and not very delicate, though it may be reckoned as a fair food-. FiQ. 376.—Th
. Fishes. Fishes. 478 Percomorphi about the Santa Barbara Islands, where it nins in great schools in March. The flesh of the albacore is of little value, unless, as in Japan, it is eaten raw. The Japanese {Germo macropterus) is another large albacore, having the finlets bright yellow. It is found also at Hawaii and in Southern California. The bonito {Sarda sarda) wanders far throughout the Atlan- tic, abounding on our Atlantic coast as in the Mediterranean, coming inshore in summer to spawn or feed. Its flesh is red and not very delicate, though it may be reckoned as a fair food-. FiQ. 376.—The Long-fin Albacore, Oermo alalunga (Gmelin). Gulf Stream. fish. It is often served under the name of " Spanish mackerel" to the injury of the reputation of the better fish. Professor Goode writes: "One of these fishes is a marvel of beauty and strength. Every line in its contour is suggestive of swift motion. The head is shaped like a minie bullet, the jaws fit together so tightly that a knife-edge could scarcely pass between, the eyes are hard, smooth, their surfaces on a perfect level with the adjoining surfaces. The shoulders are heavy and strong, the contours of the powerful masses of muscle gently and evenly merging into the straighter lines in which the contour of the body slopes back to the tail. The dorsal fin is placed in a groove into which it is received, Hke the blade of a clasp-knife in its handle. The pectoral and ventral fins also fit into depres- sions in the sides of the fish. Above and below, on the pos- terior third of the body, are placed the little finlets, each a little rudder with independent motions of its own, by which the course of the fish may be readily steered. The tail itself is a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.
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