GENUS SERIOLA CUVIER The Amber-fishes Body oblong, moderately compressed, not elevated; occiput and breast not trenchant; mouth comparatively large, with broad bands of villiform teeth on both jaws, tongue, vomer, and palatines; maxillary with a broad, strong supplemental bone; premaxillaries protractile; scales small; lateral line scarcely arched, forming a keel on caudal peduncle, not armed with bony plates; sides of head with small scales; first dorsal with about 7 low spines, connected by membrane; second dorsal very long, elevated in front; anal similar to soft dorsal but not nearly so long, preceded by 2 very small free spines, which disappear in old fishes; no finlets; ventrals very long; pectorals short and broad. Species of moderate or large size, often beautifully coloured; most of them valued as food-fishes. Of the 8 species occurring in our waters 3 or 4 are good food-fishes, and at least one is an excellent game-fish.