. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. ^^5?^ 75. CABANGIDiEâNAUCRATE8. 443 gal and mal extending beyond the middle of the fins when depressed. Heatl 4J in total length; depth, 2^; caudal lobes 4. D. VIâ1,20; A. II-I 17. Florida to Africa. {G'unther.) Not evidently difl'erent from the preceding. (Cuv. &. Val. viii, 419; GUntlier, ii, 483.) aa. L" ily with vertical dark bands. e09. T. Klaucus Cuv. & Val. Bluish, sides golden, with four narrow blackish vertical bands, the first under the first dorsal spine, the second under the fifth, the others unde
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. ^^5?^ 75. CABANGIDiEâNAUCRATE8. 443 gal and mal extending beyond the middle of the fins when depressed. Heatl 4J in total length; depth, 2^; caudal lobes 4. D. VIâ1,20; A. II-I 17. Florida to Africa. {G'unther.) Not evidently difl'erent from the preceding. (Cuv. &. Val. viii, 419; GUntlier, ii, 483.) aa. L" ily with vertical dark bands. e09. T. Klaucus Cuv. & Val. Bluish, sides golden, with four narrow blackish vertical bands, the first under the first dorsal spine, the second under the fifth, the others under the soft dorsal. Dorsal and anal fins falcate, much elevated ante- riorly, reaching beyond base of caudal; caudal lobes elongate. Head 3|; depth 2. D. Vl-1, 19; A. II-I, 18. Pyloric cceca 13. Tropical sejis, north to Virginia and Lower California. (Cuv. & Val. viii, 400; Giliither, ii, 4S:J; Ilolbrook, Ichth. S". C. 192.) I 'â¢; ;.# 'â¢â ' -V 'â 936.â Raiiuesque. Pilot-fishes. (^ouoZerusCuvier; youug.) (Rafinesque, Caratteri di Alciini Nnovi Genori, &c., 1810, 44: typo NaucraUa conductor Raf. = Gastcroateus doctor L.) This genus differs from Seriola only in the reduction of the spinous dorsal to a few (4 or 5) low, unconnected spines. The young {Ifauclerus Cuv.) have the spines of the dorsals connected by membrane, and a more or less distinct strong spine at the angle of the operculum. A single species, in the open seas, (, ruler of the ships, i. e. holding ships fastâa name apjplied by the ancients to Echeneis and other fishes.) 700. N. ductor (Linn.) Raf.âP;?o<-/8/i; Romero. Bluish, with five to seven dark vertical bars. Body rather elongate, little compressed. Snout rather blunt. Mouth terminal, oblique, small; maxillary scarcely reaching orbit. Caudal keel large, fleshy; pectorals short and broad; ventrals rather large. Head 4 in length; depth 4. D. IVâI, 26; A. IIâI, IG. In all warm seas; occasional on our Atlaiitic coas
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