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SPECIOUS MACKREL. 



Scomber Speciosus. S. flams, fasciis verticis obliqitisy corporis 



septem nigris alternis. 

 Yellow Mackrel, with oblique black bands on the head, and 



seven transverse ones on the body. 

 Scomber speciosus. Forsk. Arab. 



Scales small and deciduous : fins yellow : no fin- 

 lets : tail forked : native of the Arabian seas : ob- 

 served by Forskal. 



