PLATE 59 
PLATE V. 
SCOMBER THYNNUS. 
TUNKY. 
* THORACICL 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head compressed, smooth ; branchiostegeous membrane of seven 
rays. Body smooth ; lateral line carinated behind. Generally some 
spurious fins near the tail. 
SPECIFIC CHAR-iICTER. 
Eight spurious fins on the back, and an equal number on the belly. 
Scomber Thynnus ; pinnulis utrinque octo. Gmel. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. p. 1330. sp. 3. 
Scomber pinnulis 8 seu 9. in extreme dorso, sulco ad pinnas ven- 
trales. Art. gen. 31. syn. 49. 
Thunnus. Rondel. 241. — Gesn. pise. 951. 
Tunny fish, or Spanish Mackrell. Wil. Icth. 176. — Rail. syn. 
pise. 51 . — Sibbald Scot. 
Tunny. Renn. Br. Zool. p. 266. sp. 133. 
This is a very generally diffused species, being found in different 
seasons in all parts of the world. They enter the Mediterranean 
sea in immense shoals, swimming with great swiftness, forming a 
