476 THE TUNNIES. 



single female. Tlie young are of quick growth, hut are 

 believed to he incapahle of hreeding until they liave 

 attained a length of ten inches ; for in fish of less size 

 the milt and roe are not found to he matured. In Sweden, 

 as in England, the Mackei'el is highly esteemed for culinary 

 purposes, and is eaten either fresh, boiled in salt water, 

 salted, or smoked. The taste is very delicious, and comes 

 nearer to that of the Salmon than any other fish. 



The Spanish Mackerel (^S*. CoUas, Gmel.) has as yet 

 not been identified in these seas, although it is thought 

 probable it may have been overlooked. 



The Common Tunny {3Inknll-Storj(* Thon-Flsk, Sw. ; 

 Ila/crel-Stoi'Jc, Springei', Norw. ; Scomber TI///iuiiis, Linn. ; 

 Thy rums vulgaris, Cuv.), which claims the Mediterranean 

 as its proper habitat, is somewhat rare in the Bohus 

 Skai'gard, and elsewhere on the western coast of Sweden ; 

 but on that of Norway it would seem to be more common. 

 Strom, indeed, relates that in the district of Sondmor 

 (aboiit lat. 62°), into the fjords of which the Tunny drives 

 the herrings in the summer, a single man is in the habit 

 of killing from ten to fifteen in the course of the season. 

 The highest northern range of this species would seem to 

 be lat. 64°, or perhaps somewhat higher. It is also occa- 

 sionally met with in the more southern parts of the Baltic. 

 The Tunnies captured in the Scandinavian seas have 

 mostly been jjretty large, varying in length from eight to 

 ten feet ; but in more genial climes it measures, we are 

 told, fifteen feet, and weighs as much as 1,800 pounds. 



A new species of Tunny — as stated in the Proceedings 

 of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, 1863 — has 



* The word Storje, or Storre (implying larger), as aj)iilied to this and 

 some other Norwegian fishes, " apjseard," says Professor Sundevall, " only 

 to be used as an addition to another name, and to a species not often met 

 V ith, to prevent the two from going by cue and the same appellation." 



