FisriES. THORACld. 35. Scomb'eri. 825 
Fine gold-colour ; fpurious fins 5. 
Inhabits Japan : very nearly allied to S. fcomber. 
Dorf. 9 ; pe^- 18 : vent, 6 : an, 6 : caud, — rays. 
Pe£loral fins very fmall ; fpuriouS fins 7. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean : is periodical and migratory. 
Spurious fins 7 > body with 4 black lines each fide. 
Inhabits between the Tropics and the Atlantic, 
Dorf. 15, 10: peH. 27 : .vent, 6 : an, 14: caud. 26 rayS. 
Spurious fins 8 — ii. ^ r .1 t, 
Inhabits mod leas, and rs from 2 to 10 feet Icing ; body fpmdle- 
lliaoed filvery, above fteel-blue and a little convex ; is ex- 
tremcly voracious, and fwims with great Iwiftnefe ; fpawns m 
Mav ox Tune, and periodically frequents the Ihores oI the 
Med;terrLean fea in vaft Ihoals, fwimming xn 
rallelc-rapi and making a prodigious hiffing nolle , the flefts 
is good, theiugh fometimes accounted poifonous, which may 
be oc'cafioned by its feeding oh _ 
Head ihiall, obtufe on the fore-part ; eyes large, ins filvery, on 
the outfide golden; teeth fmall, Iharp ; lower jhm longer; 
tongue (l-on, imooth ; giU-rdver of 2 pieces, /a/« Imall, 
thin, deciduous ; firfi dorfal fin fpinous, f 
concealed in a cavity on the back, the iecond falcate ^ 
ral long, and with the fpurious, anal 
yellowi* ; ventral fhortf and with the firil dorfal and lunate 
caudal cinereous. , 
Dorf, 14, 12: pen, 32 : ttciit. €: an. 13: caud. 30 rays. 
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gut- 
Spurious fins 10 ; lateral line with bony plates. 
Inhabits America: body compreUed, broad. 
Dorf. 7, 9, ptet- » 5 > "00X11. 6, an. 2, 14, caud. zo rays. 
A fmcrle 2-rayed fpurious fin before the anal. 
Inhabits Arabia} body Ihining pale blue with golden fpots at 
Cr!t« htllow before the eyes; tm i 1° 
the d^i/aifinis apolifbed, naked, 
Ural line arched at the beginning; 
folded hid in a cavity ; ventral approximate , ta I y 
iy arched in an obtufe angle. j , „ ravs. 
. dItP,, 1,.5, poct.:„ verstl, an,\, caud. 19 
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