SCOMBRIBiE. 
Genus SCOMBER (Artedi), Linnaeus. 
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a h-y I 
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[Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, p. 297.] 
Trunk elongate-fusiform; the slender caudal pedicle without 
median lateral keel. Teeth small and conical, on margin of jaws, 
vomer, and palatines; gill-rakers long, slender, and numerous. 
Vertebrae about 14 in the abdominal, 16 or 17 in the caudal region ; 
the centra much constricted, but without lateral pits ; all haemal 
arches simple. Pectoral and pelvic fins small ; dorsal fins widely 
separated, the anterior consisting of 9 to 12 spines simply articulated 
with their supports; posterior dorsal and anal fins small, similar, 
and opposite, followed by 5 to 9 detached finlets; caudal fin deeply 
forked. Scales very small, uniformly covering the trunk, scarcely 
if at all enlarged in the pectoral region. 
Recent species are very widely distributed in temperate and 
tropical seas. 
The following extinct species have also been referred to this 
genus, but there are no examples in the Collection :— 
Scomher antiquus, J. J. Heckel, Denkschr. k. Akad. Wiss., math.- 
naturw. Cl. vol. xix. pt. i. (1861), p. 74, pi. viii. fig. 11. 
(?) Scomber cfr. antiquus, P. Bassani, Atti R. Accad. Sci. 
Napoli [2] vol. iii. (1889), no. 6, p. 76, pi. xi. fig. 2, and 
Atti R. Istit. Yeneto [7] vol. iii. (1892j, pp. 1034,1038.— 
Middle Miocene ; Margarethen, near Vienna. (?) Lower 
Miocene; Chiavon, Novale, & Salcedo, Vicentin, N. Italy. 
[Imperfect fish ; Lyceum, Oedenburg.] 
Scomber planovatus : Thynnus planovatus, D. G. Kramberger, 
Djela Jugoslav. Akad. vol. xvi. (1895), p. 63, pi. xi. 
fig. 2.—Upper Oligocene ; Trifail, Steiermark. [Imperfect 
fish; Zilli Museum.] 
Scomber qoriscus, D. G. Kramberger, Beitr. Palaont Oesterr.- 
Ungarns, vol. ii. (1882), p. 119, pi. xxiv. fig. 3.—Upper 
Miocene ; Podsused, Croatia. [Imperfect fish : University 
Geological Museum, Agram.] 
Scomber (^Auxis) sarmaticus^ D. G. Kramberger, Rad Jugoslav. 
Akad. vol. cvi. (1891), p. 112, pi. viii. fig. 1.—Upper 
Miocene; Podsused and Uolje, Croatia. [Opercular bones, 
&c.; Univei’sity Geological-Museum, Agrain j * 
Scomber steinclaclineri, D. G. Kramberger, Beitr. Palaont. Oesterr.- 
Ungarns, vol. ii. (1882), p. 119. Scomber sujedanm^ 
K. Steindachner, Sitzungsb. k. Akad; Wiss., math.-naturw. 
