PLATE CXVJ. 
tescens. Venter argenteus.” The body has a smooth appearance, 
the scales with which it is covered being thin and glabrous : the 
lower part of the body from the gills to the tail is marked with a 
longitudinal carena or keel, which terminates at the latter part in 
a somewhat protuberant manner. The species may be readily dis- 
tinguished by the pinnules or spurious fins on the body npar the 
ta d> in which particular it agrees with the Scomber or Mackrel 
genus ; and to this in point of flavour the flesh of the fish is also said 
t0 bear a strong resemblance. The tail is remarkably furcated, of 
a Pale brownish colour half way down from the base, and the rest 
All the fins in this species are small : the dorsal fin is placed 
far down the back, and contains eleven rays, between which and 
the tail the five distinct pinnules of the upper part of the fish are 
* 1(: uated : the pectoral fin is somewhat falcated, and contains eleven 
ra .vs : and the ventral fin six rays : the anal fin is placed opposite 
to the dorsal one, and contains eleven rays; and between this and 
tail arc seven distinct pinnules : the tail itself contains twenty- 
t'Vo rays. 
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