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LAKGE TUNNY FROM DAWLISH. 



weapon of defence in the first spine of tlie first dorsal 

 fin, wliicli is very long and powerful, pointed, movable, 

 and toothed like a saw on the under part. The general 

 colour is a golden-red hue. 



TUNNY. 



Acanthopteri. Seomberidce. 



(Scomber thijnnus. Thyiinus vulgaris.) 

 German : Der Thimfisch. French : Le Tlion. Italian : Tonno. 



This is a very rare British fish. A splendid specimen 

 was sent me by Mr. George Lamsey, Brunswick Place, 

 Dawlish, September, 1868, which weighed between 

 three and four hundredweight. It measured — -length, 

 8ft. Tin. ; greatest circumference, 5ft. 2in ; circumfer- 

 ence behind great dorsal fin, 8ft. 4in. ; spread of tail, 

 2ft. 4in. ; eyes, 2in. in diameter ; pectoral fin, 15in. long, 





TUNNY. 



witlf36 spines; dorsal fin, 14in. long, w^itli 13 spines; 

 lower dorsal, also 14in., with no perceptible spines; 10 

 minor dorsal fins between lower dorsal and caudal fin ; 

 spines in caudal fin very numerous, gradually decreas- 

 ing in size from the outer rays to centre ; enlargement 

 along lateral line close to caudal fin, Tin. long and lin. 



