348 Storer on the 
the Mackerel, but less compressed ; numerous scales 
surrounding the thorax: first dorsal fin extending 
nearly to the second : second dorsal and the anal fin 
subdivided posteriorly, forming numerous finlets ; 
sides of the tail decidedly curvated ; a single row of 
small pointed teeth in each jaw ; branchiostegous 
rays 7. 
T. vulgaris. Cuv. The Common Tunny. 
Pennant's British npa vol. iv. 234 et fig. 
Mc Murtrie’s Cuv. vol. ii. 144. 
Cuv. et Valenc. Hist. Nat des Poiss. t. viii. p. 58. 
Yarrell's British Fishes, vol. i. p. 134. et fig. 
This must be a very rare species in the waters of 
this State. I have met with only one specimen ; 
this was taken September 4th, 1838, near Kettle 
Island, between Marshfield and Cape Ann, with a 
large sized cod-hook, baited with a “menhaden,” 
while fishing for the “ codling,” or, as it is improperly 
called, “ hake.” The Portsmouth Journal noticed 
another individual taken the last season, at Pigeon 
Cape, near Cape Ann, fifteen feet in length, and 
weighing about one thousand pounds. With respect 
to this specimen, the writer remarks; “after pre- 
paring two barrels of the fish for Boston and New 
York, the remainder was sold in our market, and 
many of our citizens were enabled to feast them- 
selves on its most delicate meat, resembling much, 
in appearance, lean pork, and the best of mackerel, 
in taste." This species is taken in large numbers 
in the Mediterranean ; and its flesh has been long 
celebrated for its delicacy. Occasionally specimens . 
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