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RED MACKREL. 



Scomber Ruber. S. ruber, subtus argenteus, squamis parvi$ f 

 linea laterali versus caudam rotundato-loricata. 



Red Mackrel, silvery beneath, with small scales, and lateral 

 line roundly-mailed towards the tail. 



Scomber ruber. Block. 



A highly beautiful species : length twelve or 

 fourteen inches : general shape as in the Tunny 

 and many others : colour beautiful rose-red, silvery 

 on the sides and abdomen : scales small : fins 

 yellowish at the base, and dusky towards their 

 ends ; pectoral fins long and lanceolate : lateral 

 line mailed as it approaches the tail : no unlets, 

 the second dorsal, as in the preceding species, 

 being continued nearly to the tail, which is very 

 deeply and sharply forked : native of the Indian 

 and American seas : in no great esteem as a food, 

 being considered as rather a coarse fish. 



CHLOROTIC MACKREL, 



Scomber Chloris. S.Jlavo-virescens, dor so olivaceo, linea laterali 

 rotundato-loricata, angusta. 



Pale Yellowish-green Mackrel, with olivaceous back, and nar- 

 row, roundly-mailed lateral line. 



Scomber Chloris. Block, 



Length twelve inches : shape rather broad or 

 deep, and thin ; tapering greatly towards the tail : 

 colour very pale yellowish green, with a brownish 

 tinge on the back : scales rather small : mouth 

 small : eyes rather large : lateral line mailed 

 throughout its whole length, from gills to tail, by a 



