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ALATUNGA MACKREL. 



Scomber Alatunga. S. pinnis pectoralibus longissimis, pinnulis 



caudce utrinque septem. Lin. Gmel. 

 Mackrel with very long pectoral fins, and seven finlets both 



above and below. 

 Scomber Alatunga. Lin. Gmel. 



HABIT of the Tunny, but considerably smaller : 

 pectoral fins so long as to reach almost to the end 

 of the second dorsal : pinnules seven both above 

 and below : native of the Mediterranean, appear- 

 ing, like the Tunny, in large shoals, and in con- 

 siderable esteem as a food. 



MADAGASCAR MACKREL. 



Scomber Madagascariensis. S. subargenteus dorso c&rulto, 

 corpore maculis rotundatis nigris serie latcrali dispositis. 



Subargenteous Mackrel, with blue back, and body marked by 

 a lateral row of round black spots. 



Scornberoides Commersonii. Cepede. 



ALLIED to the Tunny, growing to a very con- 

 siderable size : colour nearly as in the Tunny : on 

 each side the back, immediately above the lateral 

 line, a row of eight or nine pretty large, round, 

 blackish spots, those near the head and tail smaller 

 than the rest : lower jaw rather longer than the 

 upper: before the dorsal fin six distinct, strong, 

 and sharp spines : pectoral and ventral fins rather 

 short, and pointed u tail strongly forked : finlets ten 



