Clafs IV. Sir Caw ats De 225 
The pectoral fin confifts of thirty-four rays; the 
ventral fins are fmall, and have fix rays; the anal, 
thirteen: between the laft dorfa] fin and the tail, are 
from eight to ten fmall ones, and between the anal 
fin and the tail eight. 
The body near the tail is flender, and almoft qua 
drangular ; the tail is in the form of a crefcent. 
The color of the upper part of the body is dufky, 
varied with blue and green: the fides and the belly 
filvery. 
Uh. i) Athery SS) ot Ay Eos 
Sauro. Saluian. 79+ Icth. 290. Razi fyn. pife. 92. 
Un: Sou, Macreau baftard. Scomber linea laterali aculeata, 
Belon. 186. pinna ani officulorum 30. 
Trachurus. Rondel. 233. Arted. fynon. 50. 
Color. 
Lacertus Bellonii. Gefner pifc. Scomber'Trachurus. Sc, pinnis | 
467. unitis, fpina dorfali recum- 
Mufeken, Stocker. Schonovelde. bente, linea laterali loricata. 
Tiss Lin. bh. 4946 Gronov. Loophe 
Scad, Horfe-mackrell. Wil, No. 308 
FLAT which we examined was fixteen inches 
long : the nofe fharp; the eyes very large; 
the irides filvery : the lower jaw a little longer than 
the upper: the edges of the jaws were rough, but- 
without teeth. 
On the upper part of the covers of the gills was 
a large black {pot. 
The fcales were large and very thin: the lower 
half of the body quadrangular, and marked each 
fide 
