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SCOMREllID.E. 



ACANTHOPTERYOIL 



SCOMBERIDM. 



THE BONITO, 



OR STRIPED-BELLIED TUNNY. 



Thynnus pelamys, Cuv. et Valenc. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. viii. p. 113, pi. 214. 

 Scomber ,, Linn^ius. 



,, ,, Bonito, Couch's MS. 



Specimens of this fish occasionally occurring on the 

 Cornish coast, the description of which by Mr. Couch will 

 here be inserted ; another, mentioned in the Magazine of 

 Natural History, vol. vi. p. 529, by Dr. Scouler ; besides a 

 notice by Dr. Fleming, on the authority of Stewart's Ele- 

 ments of Natural History, — the species is admitted among 

 British Fishes. 



It should, however, be also stated that two distinct fishes 

 have been included under the term Bonito {Scomber jj el amy s, 

 Linn.): the first, the Thyntms pelami/s of Cuvier and M, 

 Valenciennes, the subject of the present article, has longi- 

 tudinal bands on the sides of the belly, and very minute 

 teeth ; the second, the Pelamys sarda of Cuvier and M. 

 Valenciennes, has dark transverse bars reaching from the 

 ridge of the back t(» the lateral line, and large teeth ; and 



