
20. 
SCOMBER HEBERI. 
Order, THORACIC. 
Rat or Goroo- 
Native Name, Sow oemalyeee) A r GoRroo 
Se s 
PARAWAH. 
S. neserr. Body smooth and silvery, shot with gold; a tinge of grey 
(probably caused by the removal of the silver by the hands of the fisherman, ) 
graduated from the back to the lateral line, which is much curved above the 
pectoral fin, and thence passes in a straight line, strongly serrated, to the 
centre of the caudal fin. Pectoral fin elongated and curved ; dorsal fin 
divided in two, with spines of various lengths; two spines detached in front 
of the anal fin, the extremity of the upper division nearly black. Head large ; 
shoulders high ; eye full and prominent. Fins different tinges of yellow. 
Branchiostegous rays 7. First Dorsal Fin, 8 spines; Second Dorsal, 21, 
one ‘spinous. Pectoral 18. Ventral 5. Anal 17, one spinous: two spines 
preceding. Caudal 22. 

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Tur Rat or Goroo-Parawah of the Cingalese is found in deep 
water, and is in general estimation. It has been known to exceed 
two feet in length. 
This fish is classically named as a tribute of respect to the memory 
of departed worth and excellence in the late Right Rev. Bishop 
Heber; who having an opportunity of comparing the MSS, with the 
fishes themselves, on his Lordship’s visit to Point de Galle, in Ceylon, 
in 1805, honored it with his immediate patronage, and subsequently 
recommended it to his friends on the Indian Continent; where he, 
alas! too soon for humanity’s sake, exchanged a career of every 
earthly good for the sublimer sphere of eternal felicity. 
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