194 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Temnodon, Cuv., 



Have the tail unarmed, the little fin or the detached 

 spines before the anal of the seriola ; their first 

 dorsal is fragile and low, the second and the anal are 

 covered with small scales ; but their principal charac- 

 ter consists in a row of separated, pointed, and cutting 

 teeth at each jaw; behind the upper ones is a row of 

 smaller teeth, and there are some fine as velvet on the 

 vomer, palate, and tongue. Their operculum finishes 

 in two points, and they have seven rays to the gills. 



One species only is well known, (Tenui. saltator, C.) 

 silvery, the same length as the mackerel, which is one 

 of the few fishes common to both oceans \ 



Caranx, C, 



Are scomberoides characterised by a lateral line, armed 

 over a greater or smaller space with scaly pieces or 

 bands, carinated, and often prickly. They have two 

 separate dorsals, a recumbent spine before the first, 

 the last rays of the second but slightly attached, and 

 sometimes separated, and forming spurious fins ; de- 

 has been confounded with the common pilot, in consequence of the 

 resemblance of its black bands.] 



1 We have it with scarcely any variation from Alexandria, the 

 United States, from the Cape, and from New Holland. It is the 

 Cheilodiptere heptacanthe, Lacep. hi. 21. 3. from Commerson, and 

 his Pomatome skib. IV. viii. 3. from Bosc. It is also the Perca sal- 

 tatrix, Linn., Catesb. ii. 8. 2. or Spare sauteur, Lacep. ; add perca 

 antarctica, Carmich. Trans. Lin. xii. 2.") ? 



