3(50 SCOMBEIDiE. 



5, Scomber loo. 



C'uv. <^'' Val. viii. p. 52; lileek. Vcrh. But. Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 35j 

 Xcss. Voy. Coq. Zool. Poiss. p. 166. pi. 33 ; [ ? Richards. Ann. i^- Mao. 

 Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 23.] 



D. 9-10 I 11-12 1 V. A. 1 1 -i I V. 



Scales small, very conspicuous. The height of the body is 4|-4^ 

 in the total length, the length of the head 4|-4|. Above bluish- 

 green, beneath silvery; back with round blackish spots along the 

 base of the fins. Dorsal fins with a black margin. 



From the Molucca Sea to PoljTiesia. 



6. Scomber moluccensis. 

 Bleeker, Acta Soc. Scient. Indo-Nederl. i. Amboijiu, p. 40. 



D.9|10|V. A.l|g3l^|V-VI. 



Scales very small, conspicuous. The height of the body is 5-5^ 

 in the total length, tnc length of the head 4|-4f . Above greenish, 

 with round greenish-violet spots, arranged in two or three longitu- 

 dinal series ; sides and belly silvery ; fins immaculate. {Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



This species is probably identical with Sc. loo.. 



7. Scomber chrysozonus. 

 Biippell, N. W. Fische, p. 37. tab. 11. f. 1. 



I)-9|^|V. A.±|V. 



Scales small, conspicuous. The height of the body is four times 

 in the total length, the length of the head .'U. Bhiish-green, vertex 

 spotted vdth black ; two metallic shining spots behind each eye, dis- 

 appearing after death. Back and sides with longitudinal stripes ; two 

 round blackish spots behind the pectoral ; a series of four or five 

 black spots along the base of the spinous dorsal. (RiipjJ.) 



Eed Sea. 



8. Scomber kanagurta 



Kanagurta, Rnssdl, ii. p. 21. pi. 1.30. 



Scomber kanagurta, Cuv. Rc(/hc Anim. ; liiipp. Atl. Fische, p. 93, and 



N. W. Fische, p. 37; Cur. i^ Val. viii. p. 49; Bleckrr, Verhand. 



Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 35 ; Peters, Wiegni. Arch. 1856, 



p. 245. 



D.8-9|Jj|V. A.1|±|V. Vert.li. 



Scales small. The height of the body is four times in the total 

 length, the length of the head 3;j. Above uniform greenish, on the 

 sides and the belly silvery. An air-bladder. 



lied Sea; Indian Seas. 



