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i*iSHES. XHORACIC. 35. Scomber* 
55 * SCOMBER. Head comprefTedf 
gill -membrane with 7 rays : /v! 
fmooth : lateral line carinate behii^^’ 
between the dorfal fin and tail 
frequently feveral fpurious fins. / 
A. Spurious fins dijlin£l. 
*Scmkr. Spurious fins CotHrrtsn 
Inhabits the European, American, Atlantic and Meiiitif'^‘^’'‘L 
eas ; i -2 feet long ; body above the lateral line dark S /i, 
vaned with blue’ and eroded with black lines, beneath ' v 
very ; wnen juft Uken out of the water emits 5 phofp’’",. 
iig.it, and foon dies ; is gregarious and vifits the fiiores 
ally m vaft iboals ; the celebrated carum of the Roman® * 
prepared from this dlh, ^ 
Head long ; prs large, covered with a white film in the autn^'j^’ 
, duri.^ which time they are half blind, which is caft 
the fummer jwtnitA large; tongue loofe, pointed, 
teeth in both jaws and round the edge of the palate! %, 
jaxo longer ■, nape broad, black ; aperture of thegiY& % 
the cover filv^-, of 3 pieces ; body compreffed^ 
and near y quadrangular tosvards the tail ; lateral lint 
and parallel Vith the back, with oblong fpots beneath ! ‘ 
nearer the tail ; Jins final!, cinereous ; rst/ forked. 
orj, 12, 12, peet. 26, lent. 6 , an, 13, caud. 20 ray*- 
\aried with fine green and blue. . 1 , 
inhabits Sardinia ; is probably the younger fifii of ^ 
wluch it very much refembles. 
Japonicus ; fpurious fins 5. 
Inhabits {h^ped like a herring ; 8 inches long J 
verylmall; each jaw ciliate with teeth; head filvett’ 
perhaps a mere variety of S. fcomber. 
j t p^ett i8| venti 6, an, ii, caud, 20 rays. 
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