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SMALL MACKREL. 



Scomber Minutus. S. squamosus argenteus, corpore dilatato, 

 dor so subfusco. 



Scaly, silvery Mackrel, with dilated body, and brownish back. 

 Scomber minutus. Block. 



Length about five inches: habit broad, resem- 

 bling that of some of the Spari : scales middle-sized : 

 dorsal fin commencing at the middle of the back, 

 and continuing nearly to the tail : anal nearly 

 opposite and of similar shape : eyes large : tail 

 deeply forked : native of the Indian seas, some- 

 times entering rivers, and much esteemed as a food. 



ACULEATED MACKREL. 



Scomber Aculeatus. S. argenteus, dorso subfusco, spinis dorsali* 



bus octo decussantibus. 

 Silvery Mackrel, with brownish back, and eight decussating 



dorsal spines. 

 Scomber aculeatus. Block. 



Length seven or eight inches : habit that of the 

 common Mackrel, but rather broader: before the 

 dorsal fin about eight distinct and strong spines, 

 some of which are placed in opposite directions, so 

 as to cross each other at the tips : before the vent- 

 ral fins two spines united by a membrane : dorsal 

 and anal fin placed nearly opposite : tail forked : 

 finlets about eleven, both above and below : native 

 of the European and American seas, and esteemed 

 nearly equal to the common Mackrel as a food. 



