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BLACK-NECKED MACKREL. 



Scomber Nigricollis. S. argenteus, nucha gutta magna fusca, 



pinnce dorsalis nigricante. 

 Silvery Mackrel, with a large brown spot on the nape, and a 



blackish one on the dorsal fin. 

 Centrogaster argentatus. Lin. Gmd. 



LENGTH about three inches and a half: tail forked. 

 Native of the Japanese seas. 



JVith mailed lateral line. 



SCAD MACKREL. 



Scomber argenteus, squamis magnis, linea laterali late loricata. 

 Silvery Mackrel with large scales and widely-mailed lateral line. 

 Scomber Trachurus. Lin. The Scad Mackrel. Penn. Br. 

 Zool. 



LENGTH from twelve to eighteen inches : shape 

 rather broader than that of the common Mackrel : 

 scales large and thin : lateral line strongly mailed 

 from head to tail by a row of very broad scales, 

 pointed at the middle : second dorsal, and anal fin 

 continued to the tail, which is forked. Native of 

 the European seas, and considered as nearly equal 

 to the common Mackrel in point of flavour. 



