CLASS PISCES. 195 



tached spines, or if united, forming a little fin before 

 the anal. 



Our European seas produce many species in general 

 form and taste like the mackerel, remarkable, because 

 the bands or plates which cover their lateral line begin 

 from the shoulder. 



They are commonly confounded under the names 

 Saurels, Maqueraux batards, &c. {Scomber trachurus, 

 Lin.) but they differ in the number of their bands ! ; 

 and the inflexion more or less sudden, of their lateral 

 line. They are found as far as New Zealand very 

 similar to ours. 



The other caranges have laminae only on the pos- 

 terior and straight part of their lateral line ; the an- 

 terior and arched part has only small scales. 



There are some spindle-shaped, like the saurel of 

 Europe ; and among them some have one single 

 spurious fin at the dorsal and anal 2 . Some have a 

 good many 3 ; but the greater part have none 4 . 



Some caranges, of which the body is more elevated, 



1 They have from seventy to one hundred bands. 



2 Kurra-fvodagahwah, Russell 139 ; Car. punctatus, C, called 

 Scomber hippos by Mitch. Trans, of New York, I. v. 5 ; but which 

 is not the hijjpos of Linnaeus. Curvata pinima, Marcgr. bras. 150. 



3 Scomber Rotleri, Bl. 346, and Russell 143 ; Sc. cordyla, L. ; 

 but not his synonyms, which are Caranges. 



4 Scomber crumenophlhalmus, Bl. 343 ; Scomber Plmnieri, Bl. 344, 

 the same as Sc. ruber, 343, and as the Caranx Daubenton, Lacep. 

 iii. 71. 



O 2 



