LEOPARD MACKREL. 5QI 



or twelve both above and below; they are of a 

 triangular or pointed shape, and situated very close 

 to each other at their bases : native of the African 

 seas : observed by Commerson. 



BOTLA MACEREL. 



Scomber Botla. S. suhjlavescens, dorso plumbeo, corpore squamosa, 



maculis lateralibus rotundatis fuscis. 

 Yellowish Mackrel, with lead-coloured back, scaly body, and 



roundish, brown, lateral spots. 

 Botla Parah. RusseVs Indian Fishes, pi. 142. and var. ? pi. 137 . 



Allied to the preceding, and spotted in the same 

 manner, but covered with middle-sized oval scales : 

 length about eighteen inches : dorsal and anal fm 

 long and somewhat falciform : finlets as in the 

 former : seems to vary as to the number and size 

 of the lateral spots. 



Leopard mackrel. 



Scomber Leopardus. S. cceruleus, snbtus argenteus, lateribus 



maculis numerosis ovatis nigris. 

 Blue Mackrel, silvery beneath, with numerous ovate lateral 



black spots. 

 Wingeram. Rttssel. Ind.pl. 134. 



General shape of the Tunny, but rather more 

 slender : length from two to three feet : colour 

 dusky blue above, and silvery on the sides and ab- 

 domen : sides marked from the gills to the tail by 

 pretty numerous and rather large oval black spots: 



