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ALATUNGA MACKREL. 



Scomber Alatunga. S. pinnis pectoralibus longissimis, pinnulis' 



caudce utrinque sept em, Lin. Gmel. * 

 Mackrel with very long pectoral fins, and seven, finlets both 



above and below. 

 Scomber Alatunga, Lin, Gmeh 



Habit of the Tunny, but considerably smaller : 

 pectoral fins so long as to reach almost to the end 

 of the second dorsal : pinnules seven both above 

 and below : native of the Mediterranean, appear- 

 ing, like the Tunny, in large shoals, and in con- 

 siderable esteem as a food. 



MADAGASCAR MACKREL, 



Scomber Madagascariensis. S. subargenteus : dorso coeruleo t 

 corpore maculis rotundatis nigris serie laterali dispositis. 



Subargenteous Mackrel, with blue back, and body marked by 

 a lateral row of round black spots. 



Scomberoides Commersonii. Cepede. 



Allied to the Tunny, growing to a very con- 

 siderable size : colour nearly as in the Tunny : on 

 each side the back, immediately above the lateral 

 line, a row of eight or nine pretty large, round, 

 blackish spots, those near the head and tail smaller 

 than the rest : lower jaw rather longer than the 

 upper: before the dorsal fin six distinct, strong, 

 and sharp spines : pectoral and ventral fins rather 

 short, and pointed: tail strongly forked : finlets tea 



