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PURSE-EYED MACKREL. 



Scomber Crumenophthalmus. S. argenteus, (hr.w wbfusco, 

 squamisparvis, oculis sububtectis, linea later -all rotundato-loricata. 



Silvery Mackrel, with brownish back, small scales, coated 

 eyes, and roundly-mailed lateral line. 



Scomber cmmenophthalmus. Block. 



OF similar size and habit with the two im- 

 mediately preceding species : lower jaw longer 

 than the upper : eyes large, and seated in a large, 

 brown, transversely oval surrounding skin : scales 

 small : lateral line, fins and tail as in the two pre- 

 ceding : native of the African seas, and found in 

 considerable plenty about the coasts of Guinea. 



CARANG MACKREL. 



Scomber Carangus. S. viridi-ccerulcus, subtus argenteus, capitt 

 obtuso, pinnis flams , linea laterali rotundato-loricata. 



Blue- green Mackrel, silvery beneath, with obtuse head, yellow 

 fins, and roundly-mailed lateral line. 



Scomber Carangus. Block. 



LENGTH about sixteen inches : shape like that of 

 the Tunny, with a rounder, shorter, and blunter 

 head, and thicker body in proportion : colour 

 greenish blue, with a silvery tinge on the sides and 

 abdomen: at the upper tip of the exterior gill- 

 covers a black spot : scales middle-sized : lateral 

 line pretty strongly mailed as it approaches the 

 tail, which is deeply forked and of a yellow colour, 

 as are also the other fins : no finlets, the dorsal and 

 anal fin being continued to within a small distance 

 of the tail: native of the American and Indian 

 seas. 



