SCOMBER. MACKREI 



Generic Character. 



Corpus oblongum, lseve, 

 linea laterali interdum 

 carinatum. 



Pinnule ssepius supra in- 

 fraque versus caudam. 



Body oblong, smooth, some- 

 times carinated by the 

 lateral line. 



Finlets (in most species) 

 above and below, towards 

 the tail. 



COMMON MACKREL. 



Scomber Scomber. S. cmruleus, lineis numerosis transversis 

 nigris, abdomine argenteo, pinnulis supra infraque quinque. 



Blue Mackrel, with numerous transverse black lines, silvery 

 abdomen, and five finlets above and below. 



Scomber. Pliny. Scomber Scomber. Lin. Block, t. 54. 



Common Mackrel. Venn. Brit. Zool. Will, ichth. fyc. fyc. 



ThIS beautiful fish is a native of the European 

 and American seas ; generally appearing at stated 

 seasons, and swarming, in vast shoals, round par- 

 ticular coasts. Its great resort however seems to 

 be within the Arctic circle, where it resides in in- 

 numerable troops, grows to a larger size than else- 

 where, and is supposed to find its favourite food, 

 consisting chiefly of marine insects, in far greater 

 plenty than in warmer latitudes. During the 

 severity of the northern winter it is said to lie im- 

 v. iv. p. 11. 37 



