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D. 9-33. P.18. V.1-5. A.3-23. C. 17. Length, 8 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Palometta,’’ at Porto Rico. 
Le Pomacanthe 4 écharpe, Pomacanthus balteatus, Cuy. et VAL., vir. p. 208. 
GENUS V. PIMELEPTERUS, Cuv. 
Oval, compressed. With a single dorsal fin. With cutting teeth in both 
jaws disposed in a single row ; the teeth implanted in the jaws by means of a 
heel extended horizontally backwards. 
1. Pimelepterus Boscii, Lacrp. 
Regularly oval. Brownish, with twenty to twenty-two longitudinal lines beneath, and 
ten to twelve above, the lateral line. 
D. 11-12. P.19. V.1-5. A.3-13. C.17. Length, 5 inches. 
South Carolina, Cuv. 
Le Piméleptére de Bose (Pimelepterus Boscii, Lacep.), Cuv. et VAL., iI. p. 259. 
Pimelepterus Boscii, Dexay’s Report, p. 100, pl. 20, fig. 56. 
FAMILY VII. SCOMBRIDZ. 
The fishes belonging to this family have small scales, causing the greater 
part of the skin to appear as if entirely smooth ; the ventral fins are destitute 
of scales ; the opercula are without spines or denticulations ; in most of them 
the caudal fin is large and powerful, and generally they are furnished with nu- 
merous Coeca, 
GENUS I. SCOMBER, Cov. 
Body fusiform, covered by scales which are uniformly small ; sides of the 
tail not carinated, but merely raised into two small cutaneous crests ; dorsal 
fins widely separated ; some of the posterior rays of the second dorsal and the 
anal fin free, forming finlets ; one row of small conical teeth in each jaw. 
1. Scomber colias, Get. 
Form cylindrical, plump, elongated, tapering towards the tail, at the origin of which it 
is very small. Upper part of the body of a light green color, with numerous contiguous 
beautifully undulating lines of a darker green passing down the sides, and just crossing the 
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