829 
*T'rachu- 
rus. 
FISHES. THORACIC. 35. Scomber. 
C. Spurious Jins connePled. 
Dorfal fpine recumbept ; lateral line prickly. 
Inhabits European American and Paci/c i 
. feet long; body mvery ; front and back ^iL 
, long, comprelfed, covered with thin, round, loft 
flefh eatable buf tough, ’ 
Head Hoping ; teelk fliarp ; lower jau, longer 
I curved back, rough; ton/ue fmoodi, 
thin, large, u-is reddifli-filver>^ ; gilUovcr of 
the upper with a Mart o- ^ . . 
a !''■ 
iiippost 
..i.n, targe, iris redd.fli-filver>^ ; gilUovcr of 3 
£e“^/r Tr ^ fi. 
nate , lateral lint bending down at the end of the 
fins and afterwards ftraight, and covered with about 68 i<"; 
recurved prickles - pns 
the firft rays of the firll dorfal black ; \ail lunatef 
. y- 8 , 34 : pict. 20 : vent. 6 : an. ; : caui, 20 rays. 
hind-part; poftef''^^ 
^habits Carolina and Otaheite. 
r«tA in one row the 2 fore-ones larger; lateral line very"'"? 
floptng down m the middle, the hmd-part carhiate and 
fpmous ; fpin« before the anal fin remote. 
Jiorj. 7, 22 : pc&. 22 : pent. 6 ; a„. - : cand. 30 rays. 
Chryfurus. Spuriotts fins pale yellow ; mouth without teeth. 
^mia. 
^orf. 9, 2fi : pea. ,9 ; pe„t. 6 ; ^ ,3 
Laft ray of the pofterior dorfal fin longer. 
5 . 34 •■ pttl. 20 ; vent. 6; an, 2I ; ca.ud, — ,ays. 
fdagicus. Spurious fins and ddrfalconneaed into one. 
y. 40 • pisa. 19 ; vent. 5 ; an. 22 : caud. 20 rays.. 
36. centrogasT£^' 
