Class IV. COMMON MACKREL. 



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GENUS XXXVII. MACKREL. 



Rays branchiostegous seven. 

 Fins several small between the dorsal fin and 

 the tail. 



2jcojU<?£>&£. Arist. Hist. an. 

 lib. vi. c 17. ix. c. 2. Athe- 



nceus, lib. iii. 121. vii. 321. 

 Oppian Halieut. i. 142. 

 Scomber. Ovid Halieut. 94. 



Plinii lib. ix. c. 15. xxxi. 



c. 8. 

 Macarello, Scombro. Salvian. 



241.* 

 Le Macreau. Belon 197. 

 Scomber. Rondel. 233. Ges- 



ner pise. 841. (pro 86l.) 

 Makerel. Schonevelde, 66. 

 Mackrell, or Macarel. Wil. 



Ichth. 181. Raii Syn. pise. 



58. 

 Scomber pinnulis quinque in 



extremo dorso, polyptery- 1. Common. 



gio, aculeo brevi ad anum. 



Arted. Synon. 48. 

 Scomber Scomber. Lin. Syst. 



492. Gm. Lin. 1328. Gro- 



nov. Zooph. No. 304. 

 Mackrill. Faun. Suec. No. 



339. 

 Le Maquereau. Duhamel Tr. 



des Pesches. iii. 169. sect. 7. 



tab. 1. Jig. 1. 

 Le Maquereau. Block ichth. 



ii. 82. tab. 54. 

 Le Scombre Maquereau. De 



la Cepede Hist, des Pois- 



sons. iii. 24. 



A. HE mackrel is a summer fish of passage that 

 visits our shores in vast shoals. It is less use- 



* This is the first opportunity we have had of looking into 

 Salvianus, whose Italian synonyms we make use of. 



