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mackarel, I can say ■with, confidence that the fish described 
in British Fishes as “dotted” and “scribbled” mackarel 
are accidental varieties.*' 
Spanish Mackarel. f Scomber maculatusj. I am very doubtful 
also whether this is a distinct species. Its variation from 
the typical fish does not appear to me to he sufficient to dis- 
tinguish it. 
Tunny. {Thynmis vulgaris). Not uncommon as a spring and 
summer visitor, but not often taken. 
Bonito. {Scomber pelamis). Same. 
Germon. f Orcynus alalongaj. Longfinned Tunny. Very rare. 
Pelamid. ( Pelamis sarda) . Belted Bonito. I take this to be a 
fish known to mackarel fishermen as the albacore, and if so 
it is common in spring and summer. 
Plain Bonito. {Auxis vulgaris). Pare. A specimen has been 
recently (1877) taken in Mount’s Bay. 
Shortfinned Tunny. {Thynnus brachypterus). Very rare. 
Pilot Fish. {Naucrates ductor). Not an uncommon visitor. 
Frequently follows vessels into our harbours. 
John Doree. {Zeus faber). Common. 
Blackfish. {Centrolophus pompilus ; Coryphwna pompilus). Pare. 
Has been usually taken in company with a shark or some 
other large fish. 
Cornish Centropholus. {C. Britannicus). A specimen was 
thrown on shore near Looe in February, 1859. 
Ausonia Ouvieri. A single specimen was taken at Falmouth in 
1866. It is supposed to have occurred twice only in British 
seas. 
Opah. {Lampris Luna). This beautiful fish is but rarely seen. 
Scad. {Trachurus vulgaris). Horse mackarel. Common. 
Horbio. {Centronotus binotatus). A Mediterranean species, of 
which one example occurred in Mount’s Bay, in 1857. 
Boar fish. {Zeus aper). Very common near the Bundle-stone 
and Wolf Rocks. In 1875 large shoals were thrown on 
shore at Scilly in a gale of wind. It has also occurred 
singly at Scilly and Whitesand Bay in Sennen. Elsewhere 
it is rare. 
Sword fish. {Xiphias gladius). Occurs commonly, but is rarely 
taken. 
