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PISCES THORACICI. SCOMBEPv. 
The Jins. The first dorsal interrupted, being lowest in the middle, but the connecting membrane is much 
stronger, and at both extremities quite black; four of the dorsal pinnulae and six of the anal are united by small 
threads with the respective fins, while the posterior pinnulae are entirely distinct, as in the Seer-fish. 
The colour much the same with the former, but the trunk more spotted, especially above the lateral line; 
the spots are oblong, transverse, and less dusky. The first dorsal is glossy in the middle, the rest black; the 
other fins a little lighter than the back. 
Length, two feet eight inches. 
REMARKS. 
The Konam is a much rarer fish than the Wingeram, and inferior in quality, at least when of the above size. 
Though strongly resembling the Seer-fish, it is clearly a distinct species. 
No. CXXXVI. 
Scomber > pinnulis quinque, supra infraque ; cauda bifurca ; corpore oblongo-ovato, sqmvioso. 
The Scomber with five pinnulae on the tail, above and below ; a forked tail ; the body 
oblong-ovate, and squamous. 
Called by the Natives Kanagurta. 
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B. vii. D. 9. 12. P. IS. V. 6. A. 19. G. 22. 
The body oblong-ovate, compressed, squamous. Scales very small, somewhat angular, imbricate, deciduous. 
The head rather large, ovate, compressed, without scales; the front sloping, depressed, smooth. Mouth 
large, oblique; the teeth very small, straight, numerous; tongue small, roundish, smooth, free; palate smooth. 
Eyes supreme, large, orbicular. Nostrils double, distant. Branchial opercula smooth, the posterior lamina 
ciliate. 
The trunk. The back and breast convex, carinate; the abdomen rather flat; the sides compressed; the end 
of the tail small and roundish. Branchiae dissimilar, the exterior tuberculate. Lateral line high, bending very 
little. The anus nearer the tail than the head. 
The fins. The first dorsal in a groove, with nine spinous declining rays ; the second with twelve ramous 
rays; the pinnulae distinct; the pectoral fins high, short, lanceolate; the ventral nearly of the same length as 
the pectoral, acuminate above; the anal exactly like the second dorsal; the caudal bifid. 
The colour. The front a dark green; the face and opercula silvery; the back changeable green, blue, and 
golden, the sides and belly glossy, pearl-white; the dorsal and caudal fins have a yellowish cast, the others are 
light, glassy. 
The length, ten inches. 
