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PISCES THORACICI. SCOMBER. 
No. CXLVIII. 
Scomber pinnulis dorsalibus unitis quatuordecem ; caiida falcata; spina distincta in pinna 
secunda dorsi, analisque. 
The Scomber with fourteen united, dorsal pinnulas ; a falcate tail; a distinct spine in the 
second dorsal, and second anal fin. 
Called by the Natives Wotim Parah. 
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B. vii. D.T. 22. P. 20. V. 6. A.~2. Ti. C. 24. 
The body oblong, arched above and straight below, like the three last-described species; the head also is large, 
declivous, and without scales; but the mouth, though low, is more oblique, and the lips, thick. The tongue 
ovate, large, rough in the middle, the point sheathed. The eyes middle, large; the iris orange. Nostrils 
small, oval, contiguous. Opercula with membranous margins: a part only of the face, near the orbit, squamous. 
The first part of the lateral line arched, not undulating; and towards the end, highly loricated. 
Tile fins. The spines of the first dorsal remarkably straggling, or distant from each other; the spinous ray 
of the second dorsal and second anal distinctly separate from the second rays: both fins are composed of 
ramous rays and united pinnuke; the caudal falcate. 
The colour. The upper part of the head and back, to near the pectoral fin, a changeable mixture of dark 
green, blue and gold ; the belly white, skirted with yellow. Dorsal fin and upper lobe of the caudal, darkish. 
Pectoral and ventral, yellowish-white; the lower lobe of the caudal, brimstone, with a darkish edge. 
The length, thirteen inches ; the breadth, four and a half. 
No, CXLIX. 
Scomber pinnulis analibus unitis duodecem ; cauda sub-falcata, loborum apicibus nigris; corpore 
squamoso, Jasciis Iransversis fuscis. 
The Scomber with twelve united pinnulas; a sub-falcate tail, with black pointed lobes; 
the body squamous, and cross brown bands on the sides. 
Called by the Natives Poloosoo Parah. 
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B. vi. D. 7. 20. P. 23. V. 6. A. 2. 17. C. 20. 
This species agreeing in the shape of the head and trunk nearly with those immediately preceding, differs 
little in other circumstances, except in colour. The breast is a little more rounded; the mouth, though low, 
somewhat oblique; the teeth are hardly perceivable; the opercula wholly squamous; and the branchial mem¬ 
brane has six ossicles only. 
The fins. The dorsal spines very slender, and, as well as the first anal, in a groove; the second dorsal and 
anal narrow fins are slightly falcate, and united with the pinnute. The pectoral fins long and falcate; the 
ventral short, lanceolate; the caudal slightly falcate. 
