CLASS PISCES. 185 



Bl. 334. Aldrov. 313. Salvian 123. Belon 179 V) 

 Blue, with the back striped obliquely blackish : it also 

 inhabits the two oceans. It is a fish remarkable for 

 the extreme length of its gall-bladder, which was 

 spoken of by Aristotle 2 . 



Cybium, Cuv. 3 



Have a long body, without corslet, and large, com- 

 pressed, sharp teeth. Their palatines have only short 

 even teeth. There are several in the warm parts of 

 the two oceans, of which some grow to a good size 4 . 



Thyrsites 5 . 



Differ from the cybiums by having their anterior teeth 

 longer than the others, and pointed teeth also on 

 their palatines ; their tail has no lateral keel. This 



1 It is the Amia of the ancients, and of Rondelet, 238. The 

 Sarda of Rondelet, 248. is this fish when young : it is also the Scom- 

 ber palamitus of Rafinesque ; the Sc. ponticus of Pall., Zoogr. Russ. 



2 Arist. Hist. ii. c. xv. The common tunny has the gall-bladder 

 quite as long. 



3 Cybium, ancient name of a preparation from the tunny, and of 

 a fish of the same family. 



4 C. Commersonii, C,Sc. Commersonii, Lacep., or Konam, Russell 

 135. C.Uncolatum, C, Mangelang, Russ. I. vii. 53. C. guttatum, 

 C, or Sc. guttatus, Bl. Schn. pi. v. ; Vtngeram, Russell 134. C. 

 maculatum, or Sc. maculatus, Mitch., Trans. New York, I. vi. 8. C. 

 regale, C, or Sc. regalis, Bl. 333., which is also the Scomberomore 

 plumier, Lacep. iii. 293. ; C. cavalla, or Guarapuca, Margr. 178. 



5 Ancient name of a fish of this family. 



