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N o . C X L V I I I .
S c o m b e r pinnulis dorsalihus unilis quatuordecem; cauila Jalcala ; spina dislincta in pinna
secunda dorsi, analisque.
T h e S c o m b e r w i t h fourteen united, dorsal pin n u læ ; a falcate tad ; a distinct s p m e m the
second dorsal, and second anal fin.
Called b y the Natives W o t i m P a r a h .
Z .v i i . D . t . 2 2 . Z .2 0 . V. 6. A . J . T s . C .2 4 .
T h e 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; tlie 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.
The JÎH5. Tlie 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 pinnulæ ; 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 lengtb, thirteen inches ; the breadth, four and a half.
N o . C X L IX .
S c o m b e r pinnulis analibus unitis duodecem ; cauda sub-Jalcata, loborum apicihus n ig r is ; corpore
squamoso, Jasciis transversis Juscis.
T h e S c o m b e r with twelve united p in n u læ ; a sub-falcate tail, with black pointed lobes ;
the body squamous, and cross brown bauds on the sides.
Called b y the Natives P o lo o so o P a r a h .
2. —
Z . vi. D . 7. 20. P. 23. F. 6. A. 2. 17. C. 20.
T his 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 iittie more rounded ; the mouth, though low,
somewhat oblique ; the teeth are hardly perceivable ; the opercula wholly squamous ; and the branchial membrane
has six ossicles only.
The Jns. 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 pinnulie. The pectoral fins long and falcate; the
ventral short, lanceolate ; the caudal slightly falcate.
The general colour, except the breast and abdomen which are white, is yellow of different shades. From
the upper edge of the orbit a curve streak of brown runs obliquely to the ridge of the back, and seven or eight
fasciæ of the same colour cross the sides, broad and narrow alternately. All the fins are yellow ; the lobes of
the caudal tipped with black.
The lengi/j of the subject seven inches ; the breadth, three inches one-third.
N o . C L .
S c o m b e r p in n u l i s d o r sa lih u s u n i l i s u n d e c em ; c a u d a b i f id a ; co rp o r e la to -o v a to , com pressa,
p e c to r e a le p id o to ; l in e a la te r a li a r c u a ta , ca r in a ta , p o s tic e r e c ta , lo r ic a ta .
T h e S c o m b e r with eleven united, dorsal pinnulæ ; a bifid tail. T h e body broad-ovate,
compressed, the breast naked ; the lateral line arched and carinate, the hin d er part
straight and loricated.
Called by the Natives T a l l a m P a r a h .
B . vii. D ~ . 22. P. 18. V. 6. A .T . 18. C. 20.
T he body rather oval than ovate, compressed, and, except on the breast, covered with very minute scales.
Tlie bead declivous, compressed, without scales; the front and vertex carinate. The mouth low, a little
oblique; lips simple. Teeth conical, close, regular, Tongue and palate smooth. Eyes supreme, very large,
orbicular. The opercula without scales.
T he trunk. The back and abdomen carinate ; the sides thin, very much compressed. The branchiæ, lateral
line, and anus, as in the fish last described.
The rays of the first dorsal fin slender, the three last very short ; the second dorsal and second anal are
composed of long rays and pinnulæ, but more strongly than usual connected, the membrane having a fibrous
margin. The protuberance at the roots of the connected pinnulæ, were observed here, in some degree, at the
base of the rays also. The first dorsal and first anal fin in grooves; the pectoral fin middle, falcate; the
caudal bifid.
The colour. The upper part of the head and back have a faint greenish cast, on a silver ground ; the rest
silvery, faintly reflecting various colours, the throat and abdomen excepted which are simply white. The fins
glossy with a yellowish cast.
The lengtb, eight inches.
REMARKS.
This fisli never appears at the English tables, but is salted by the natives, with other small fisli, for the
inland villages.