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PISCES THORACIGI. SCOMBER. 
REMARKS. 
The cirri, except when the fish is fresh from the water, may easily escape notice. 
It is not frequently met with at Vizagapatam. 
This fish has been classed under the different genera Perea, Cottus, and Scorp:en:i, and stands under the 
latter in Gmelin’s edition of Linnaeus, p. 1217. 
SCOMBER. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caput compressum, lave. Membrana bran- 
chialis radiis septem. Corpus lave , linea 
laterali posiice carinala. Pinna spuria 
sapius versus caudam. 
The head compressed, smooth. The 
branchial membrane has seven ossicles. 
The body smooth, the hinder part of 
the lateral line carinated. There are 
often spurious fins towards the tail. 
No. CXXXIV. 
Scomber pinnulis octo, seu novem; cauda Jalcata; corpore lanceolato , alepidoto , maculis ovalibus; 
eminentia membranacea , longitudinalis , adJinem linea lateralis. 
The Scomber with eight, or nine, pinnulae ; the body lanceolate, without scales, and 
with oval spots; a longitudinal membranous protuberance at the end of the lateral 
line. 
Called by the Natives Wingeram. 
By the English Seer-fish. 
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B. vii. D 16. 20. P. 20. V. 6. A. 20. G. 30. 
The body lanceolate, compressed, without scales, smooth. 
The head small, ovate, sharp, smooth; the front very gently declivous, somewhat flattened. Mouth large, 
oblique, with hardly any lips. The jaws extractile, of equal length; teeth numerous, close, regular, conical, 
somewhat larger in the under than in the upper jaw. The tongue small, ovate, a little rough in the middle, 
scarcely moveable. The palate and fauces rough. The eyes middle, near the rostrum, large, orbicular ; iris 
silvery and yellow. Nostrils double, distant from each other, the posterior close to the orbit. Branchial 
opercula large, rounded, smooth, hardly more than one lamina. The membrane of seven rays, covered; 
aperture arched. 
