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Genus SCOMBER (Artedi), Linmeus. 
[Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, p. 297.] 
Trunk elongate-fusiform; the slender caudal pedicle without 
median lateral keel. Teeth small and conical, on margin of jaws, 
v °mer, and palatines; gill-rakers long, slender, and numerous. 
Vertebrae about 14 in the abdominal, 10 or 17 in the caudal region ; 
f he centra much constricted, but without lateral pits ; all h;emal 
arches simple. Pectoral and pelvic tins small ; dorsal tins widely 
separated, the anterior consisting of 9 to 12 spines simply articulated 
^rith their supports; posterior dorsal and anal tins small, similar, 
and opposite, followed by 5 to 9 detached finlets ; caudal fin deeply 
forked. Scales very small, uniformly covering the trunk, scarcely 
if at all enlarged in the pectoral region. 
Recent species are very widely distributed in temperate and 
tropical seas. 
The following extinct species have also been referred to this 
&enus, but there are no examples in the Collection : 
Scomber antiquus, J. J. Heckel, Denkschr. k. Akad. W iss., math.- 
naturw. Cl. vol. xix. pt. i. (1861), p. 74, pi. viii. fig. 11. 
(?) Scomber cfr. antiquus, F. Bassani, Atti R. Accad. Sci. 
Napoli [2] vol. iii. (1889), no. 6, p. 76, pi. xi. fig. 2, and 
Atti K. Istit. Yeneto [7] vol. iii. (1892;, pp. 1034, 1038.— 
Middle Miocene ; Margarethen, near Vienna. (?) Lower 
Miocene ; Chiavon, Novale, & Salcedo, \ icentin, N. Italj . 
[Imperfect fish ; Lyceum, Oedenburg.] 
Scomber planovatus : Thynnus planovatus, I). G. Kramberger, 
Djela Jugoslav. Akad. vol. xvi. (1895), p. 63, pi. xi. 
fig. 2. — Upper Oligocene ; Trifail, Steiermark. [Imperfect 
fish ; Zilli Museum.] 
Scomber prigcus, D. G. Kramberger, Beitr. Palaont Oesterr.- 
Ungams, vol. ii. (1882). p. 119, pi. xxiv. fig. 3.— Upper 
Miocene ; Podsused, Croatia. [Imperfect fish ; University 
Geological Museum, Agram.] 
Scomber (Auxin) sarmaticus, D. G. Kramberger, Rad Jugoslav. 
Akad. vol. cvi. (1891), p. 112, pi. viii. fig. 1.— Upper 
Miocene; Podsused and Dolje, Croatia. [Opercular bones, 
&c. ; University Geological Museum, Agram.] 
Scomber steindachneri, D. G. Kramberger, Beitr. Paliiont. Oesterr.- 
Ungarns, vol. ii. (1882), p. 119. Scomber sujedanus , 
F. Steindachner, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. M iss., math.-naturw. 
