£iO ALANTH01»TERYGIT. MACKEREL FAMILY. 



dressed next day, were found to be excellent food." 

 In 1833, nearly a hundred Pilot-fish accompanied 

 a vessel from Sicily into Cat water, but none were 

 captured. Two others appeared in 1835, and again 

 in 1838, '.ml others subsequently; they have also 

 been seen in Dartmouth harbour, in Guernsey, and 

 elsewhere. 



The Third Section of this Family is distin- 

 guished by having the sides furnished with a cui- 

 rasaed lateral line: it is numerous, csi)ccially the 

 leading genus, but has only one British representa- 

 tive. 



Gen. XXVII. Caranx, whose lateral line is 

 armed, more or less, with scaly shields, raised into 

 a keel, and pointed. 



(Sp. 50.) C. trachiirus. (PI. XIII.) The Scad, 

 or Horse Mackerel, which has from 70 to 75 

 large scaly lamina) on th? lateral line. This fish is 

 rather smaller tlian the Common Mackerel, so that 

 its trivial nann^ is not derived from its greater size, 

 but from the alleged coarseness of its fleslh Mr. 

 Coucli states tbat it is rarely brought to market, 

 and that in many ])laces even the fishermen are not 

 in the habit of eating them. But De giistihus nil 

 disputandum ; for thus Dr. Parnell, " Tlie flesh is 

 considered by some as inf(!rior food ; by others, as 

 far superior to that of the Mackerel ; it is firm, of 

 good flavour, and wholesome, and is in best season 

 in March and April." Mr. Yarrell has purchased 

 tliem in tlie London market in May, and remarks. 



