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fishes, but a small spine lying close on the first ray of the ramous, dorsal, and anal fins, is oftener in this found
with the point separated, than in the former. The two-rayed anal fin, in both, is in a groove, like the first
dorsal. The pinnulæ are connected, as in the former.
T he colour. The upper part of the head green, the rest white, the back a deep blue, fading into white ; the
spots dusky, with an obscure bluish cast. The fins glassy, the pectoral and ventral a little yellow.
Length, seven inches.
N o . C X X X IX .
Scomber pinnula solitaria prope pinnam caudalem, utr in q u e; cauda bijida ; corpore squamoso,
dorso dipterygio; linea laterali postice loricata.
T h e Scomber wiüi a single pinniila on each edge o f the bifid ta il; the body squamous ;
two dorsal fins ; the h in d er portion o f the lateral line loricated.
Called by the Natives K u rra Wodagawah.
Z. vi. D. ?. 31. P. 20. V. 6. A . I . 24. G. 20.
T h e body, as in the last, lanceolate, bu t covered with v e ry minute, smooth scales.
The head naked, and the mouth, jaws, eyes, and nostrils, as in the genus. The teeth aceróse; the tongue
ovate, smooth, free; tlie palate tuberculate; the throat rough; the opercula less orbicular than in the last
species, or than usual in the genus. The branchial membrane has six rays only.
The trunk. The lateral line chiefly remarkable by being highly carinate, and the posterior part broad, bony,
and prickly. The anus behind the middle.
The fn s . The dorsal and anal fins differ from the preceding species. T he first dorsal consists of eight
slender, long, spinous rays ; the second of thirty-one soft, simple rays, without any appearance of pínnula!;
the second anal has twenty-four similar rays; the other fins are ramous as usual, but the pectoral is longer
and more pointed. On each edge of the tail, near the caudal fin, is a small distinct pinnula.
The general colour of the head and back a bright lead, softening downwards into white. The flns glassy,
the caudal slightly yellow.
The lengtb, between six and seven inches.
N o . C X L .
Scomber pinnulis dorsalibus tinilis sexdecem; cauda profunde bifida, su b - fa lca ta ; corfiore
alepidoto, supra lineam lateralem áspero, in fra U v i ; linea laterali injracta.
T h e Scomber with sixteen united pinnulæ ; a tail deeply dividéd and slightly falcate ; a
body without scales, rough above the line , smooth u nder it ; the lateral line infracted.
Called b y the Natives T a la P a ra h .
z . v i i . D .T . 21. P. 18. V. 6. A . I . 20. C. 20.
T h e body oblong-ovate, compressed, without scales, the skin tenacious, and above the lateral line roughish,
being covered with minute, raised, short fibres; below the line, it is smooth.
The head rather obtuse, the mouth and eyes as usual ; teeth linear, numerous, equal. Tongue, short, ovate,
long, free, rough ; palate and throat rough. Opercula rounded.
The trunk. The back gently arched, carinate; the sides compressed, but convex; the breast carinate, the
abdomen flattish. The lateral line beginning at the upper edge of the opercula, rises for about an inch, then
sloping to the middle of the trunk, forms a small angle above the pectoral fin, after which, it is middle and
straight to the end. The anus nearer to the head than the cauda! fin.
The fins. The first dorsal, in a groove, consists of seven spines, which when raised point alternately to
opposite sides; the second, of five ramous rays with sixteen pinnulæ, the first six connected by the common
membrane, the others by a very slender one ; but it is remarkable of these pinnulæ, that each at its root seems
to spring from a pyramidal protuberance not found where the pinnulæ are quite distinct. The same remark
belongs to the second anal fin, which consists of six rays and fourteen united pinnulæ ; the pectoral and ventral
fins very short ; the caudal deeply divided, and slightly falcate.
Tlie colour. The upper part of the head dark blue, the rest glossy white, but the edge of the opercula
yellow. The upper part of the back still darker, but brightens towards the lateral line, above which is a row
offive or six darkish spots; under the line, the colour completely yellow. The dorsal and caudal fins are a little
lighter than the back ; the edge of the latter is of a pale yellow ; the pectoral yellow above, at the root black.
The length, two feet four inches.
N o . C X L I .
Scomber pinnu lis dorsi tredecem itn itis ; cauda fa lc a ta ; corpore alepidoto, loto suh-aspero ;
macidis sex rotnndis ad lineam lateralem.
T h e Scomber with thirteen united dorsal pinnulæ ; tlie tail falcate ; the body witiiout
scales, b u t all over somewhat rougliish ; six round spots on each side above the
lateral line.
Called b y the Natives Aken Pa ra ii.
B . v ii. D. 1 . T . P. IS . V. 6. A .A . To. C. 2 4 .
T his species differs ch iefly in the following circumstances from the one last described. T h e head sharper; the
roughish skin extends over the whole trunk, below as w e ll as above the lateral lin e ; the lateral line carinate,
and the tail more falcate.
The colour. The upper part of the head greenish, opercula pearl; the ridge of tlie back dark blue, fading
into a yellowish white below the lateral line ; six round spots above the line, less dusky than in the last fish.
T he dorsal and caudal fins darker blue than the back ; the pectoral yellow’ ; the ventral and anal fins whitish.
Length. The subject described measured sixteen inches, but they are sometimes brought double that size.
REMARKS.
Though the second dorsal and anal fins are marked with a spinous ray, it should be observed that the spine,
lying close on the second ray, seldom pierces the skin, and in such case is often omitted by the painter. In the
present instance I follow my original memoranda, which mark spines, though perhaps improperly.