Class IV. 



SCAD MACKREL. 



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low; the tail was in form of a crescent; and 

 measured two feet seven inches between tip and 

 tip. The skin on the back was smooth, very 

 thick, and black ; on the belly the scales were 

 visible ; the color of the sides and belly silvery, 

 tinged with cserulean and pale purple, near the 

 tail marbled with grey. 



They are known on the coast of Scotland by 

 the name of Mackrekture : Mackrd, from be- 

 ing of that genus ; and sture, from the Danish, 

 stor, great. 



Sauro. Salvian. 79> 



Un Sou, Macreau bastard. 



Belon 186. 

 Trachurus. Rondel. 233. 

 Lacertus Bellonii. Gesner pise. 



467- 

 Museken, Stocker. Schone- 



velde, 75. 

 Scad, Horse-mackrell. Wil. 



lchth. 29O. Raii syn. pise. 



92. 

 Scomber linea laterali aculea- 



ta, pinna ani ossiculorum 3. Scad. 



30. Arted. sijnon. 50. 

 Scomber Trachurus. S'c. pin- 



nis unitis, spina dorsali re- 



cumbente, linea laterali lo- 



ricata. Lin. syst. 494. Gm. 



Lin. 1335. Gronov. Zooph. 



No. 308. 

 Le Maquereau batard. Block 



ichth. ii. 97. tab. bQ. 

 Le Caranx Trachure. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



iii. 60. 



X HAT which we examined was sixteen inches 

 long ; the nose sharp ; the eyes very large ; the 

 irides silvery ; the lower jaw a little longer than 

 the upper ; the edges of the jaws were rough, 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



