. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 424 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY ly, former on a level with the eyes; caudal fin small, widely forked. Pyloric appei:da}j[eH exceedingly numerous. Air-bladder usually wanting. Specie few, widely distributed, everywhere highly valued for food, {txoiiftpur IjhUii Scomber, the ancient name of the common mackerel.) a. Alr-bI»i1«1or prusotit, Htuitll. 667* 8. pneumatophorusDolaRuche.—CAubA/aoA;ere2; TinkerMnokcrel; Eatttr Atavkerel. Blue, with about 20 wavy, blackish streaks, whi(!h extend to just Iw- low the la
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 424 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY ly, former on a level with the eyes; caudal fin small, widely forked. Pyloric appei:da}j[eH exceedingly numerous. Air-bladder usually wanting. Specie few, widely distributed, everywhere highly valued for food, {txoiiftpur IjhUii Scomber, the ancient name of the common mackerel.) a. Alr-bI»i1«1or prusotit, Htuitll. 667* 8. pneumatophorusDolaRuche.—CAubA/aoA;ere2; TinkerMnokcrel; Eatttr Atavkerel. Blue, with about 20 wavy, blackish streaks, whi(!h extend to just Iw- low the lateral line| sono of these form reticulations, and incloso i)alo spots of the color of the back; belly and sides silvery; a black axillary spot. Head rather pointed. Maxillary reaching front of pupil. Eye 4 in head, nearly equal to snout; pectoral f length of head. Head 33' uei)th 5. D. IX—I, 12—V; A. I—I, 11—V. Lat. 1. 200. L. 1 foot. Atlantic and Pacific, north to Maine and San Francisco; common iutbo Mediterranean and in Southern Galiibrnia; irregular in its appearance on our Atlantic coast. (Do l)v Roche, Ann. Mus. Nnt. Hist, xiii, JllT); Oilntlior, il, 359: Smnihet'grex Witvh. Trans. Lit. & I'bil. 8oc. N. Y. IHL'i, 422: Scomber dckatji Storcr, Finh. Miihh. 1867,52; Scomber Ayrcs, Proo. Cftl. Acnd. Nat. Sci. i, 1)2, IKW; Scomber colias pt. Stein- (lachner, nee Scomber colias of GUuther aud C. & V., whieh haa but 7 durual upiues.) aa. Air-bladder wanting. 60§> S. ss*oinbru8 L.—Common Mackerel, Lustrt IS diJtk blue above, with about 35 wavy, blackish, transverse streaks; below siiv^ry; base of pectorals dark. Snout rather long and pointed, compressed. Mouth large, maxillary extending to anterior margin of orbit. Ventrals and pectorals short, the former nearly half length of head. Eye less than siuMit, 5 in head. Head 4 in length; depth 5^. D. XII—1,10—V; ,11—V. L. 18 inches. North Atlantic; abnndant on both coasts, aud occasionally tji
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