PISCES TPIORACJCI. SCOMBER. 
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No. CLVI. 
Scomber canda sub-falcata; corpore ovato, non squamoso, cute striata; dorso monopterygio; 
tinea later cdi asp era, inversa curvata. 
The Scomber with a tail slightly falcate; an ovate body, without scales, covered with a 
striated skin ; the lateral line bending towards the abdomen. 
Called by the Natives Mitta Parah. 
7 JL 
B. vi. D. 28. P. 18. V. 6. A. 2. 16. C. 22. 
The body oblong-ovate, without scales, compressed ; the skin has a striate appearance. 
The bead declivous, compressed, front carinate; mouth small; teeth linear. Tongue and palate smooth. 
Eyes middle, large; nostrils contiguous, in the middle between the orbit and rostrum. Opercula rounded, 
smooth. The branchial membrane has six rays. 
The trunk. The back arched, carinate; the belly straight. The exterior branchiae pectinate. The lateral line 
nearly middle, very slightly, and unusually, bent downward. The anus middle. 
The fins. The dorsal single, the spinous and ramous rays being united ; the latter, however, retain some¬ 
thing of the united pinnular form. The pectoral middle, acuminate above; the ventral lanceolate, point 
setaceous ; the second anal like the hinder part of the dorsal; the caudal when extended somewhat falcate. 
The colour of the upper part of the head and back darkish, with an olive-green cast, the rest a bright leaden. 
The fins yellowish-white. 
Length four inches, but sometimes twelve. 
VOL. II. 
