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N o . G L I .
S com b e r fm n u lis dorsalibus unitis quindecem ; cauda profunde bijida ; corpore sub-orbiculato,
pectore alepidoto ; spina in dorso anleriore ; p inna secunda dorsalis radio primo elongato.
T h e S comber with fifteen united pinnulæ ; a tail deeply divided ; a roundish body, the
breast without scales ; spines in the fore part o f the back ; the first ray of the second
dorsal fin elongated.
Called b y the Natives T c h a w i l P a r a h .
Jl. vii. D .T . 21. P. 18. V. 5. A .T . 17. C, 22.
Tins small species, for it seldom exceeds five inches in length, agrees in the general characters of the genus ;
but is distinguished by the length of the first ray of the second dorsal fin, which measured nearly two inches ;
the first dorsal consists of seven soft spines ; there is a recumbent spine in front, and the appearance of several
others under the skin, as in No. CXLIV. and CXLVI. The dorsal and anal fins in grooves; the second composed
of rays and pinnulæ united. The pectoral long, falcate ; the caudal bifid, the lobes lanceolate.
T lic mmth nearly middle; the lips and cheeks membranous, white, pellucid; the jaws extractile, but the
upper capable of wider extension than the under, raising the rostrum along with it, which returns to its place
when the mouth shuts. Teeth linear.
The colour. The crown, pale-green ; the face and tnmk, mother-of-pearl ; the rest silvery white. The fins
yellowish.
Lengtb of the subject, five inches and a half.
N o . C L I I .
S c o m b e r pinnulis dorsalibus unitis quatuordecem ; cauda b ijd a ; pectore alepidoto, praminente ;
spinis ante pinnam dorsalem nu llis ; pinnula prima anali carens.
T h e S c o m b e r with fourteen united dorsal pinnulæ ; a bifid tail ; a prominent, naked,
breast ; no spines in front o f the dorsal fin ; and no first anal fin.
Called b y the Natives M a i s P a r a h .
B . v i . D . i . 2 4 . P . IS . r . 5. A .21. C . 2 1 ,
T his agrees with the species last described in the structure and motion o f the upper jaw , the membranous
cheeks, the linea r teeth, and the form o f the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins ; but it differs in other respects.
The body in the fore part, is broader, and rounder ; the hind part, from the beginning of the second dorsal and
anal fin, trigonal ; the abdomen straight and flat ; there is no recumbent dorsal spine ; the biradiate anal fin is
wanting; the first dorsal has only five spines; and the branchial membrane six rays. The pectoral fin in botli
is long and falcate ; but the ventral are remarkably long and setaceous, with only five rays. In the opercula,
smooth tongue, palate, and branchiæ, they agree. The lateral line undulates a little above the pectoral fin.
The colour, to the beat of my recollection, was much the same as that of the species last described ; hut the
only circumstance noted in my memoranda, is. that the iris was silvery.
N o . C L l l I .
Sc om b e r corpore tongo-lanceolalo, squamis ex iguis, non imbricatis; linea laterali undulate;;
cauda lunulata.
T h e S comber wiih a long-lanceolate b o d y ; v e ry small scales, contiguous, not imb ric a te ;
the lateral line undulating ; a crescent-shape tail.
Called l>y the Natives P ed d a M o t t a h .
B . vii. D . 1 . 37. F. 18. V. 6. A. 26. C. 2 0 .
T h e hody long-lanceolate, roundish, covered with very small orbicular scales, close together, not imbricate.
The head oblong, depressed, without scales; the front hardly slopes, naked; the rostrum rounded. The
mouth long, nearly straight; lips thin; jaws extractile, the under somewhat shorter. Teeth very small,
numerous, a little curve. Tongue large, oblong, obtuse, scabrous, free. The palate wide and rough. The
eyes high, nearer the rostrum than the opercula, moderate size, round. Nostrils double, contiguous, the
anterior largest, oval, the other round. The branchial opercula with two lamina, semicircular, without scales;
margin ciliate; the membrane covered, the aperture large.
The trunk. The upper and lower part almost straight, or sloping very gradually ; the sides and abdomen
convex. The exterior branchi® pectinate, the others roughish, not tuberculate; the lateral line declines gradually,
T hsjins. The first dorsal consists of nine short spines (sometimes seven) in a groove; the second of thirty-
seven descending rays; the pectoral nearly middle, shorter than the head, broad, acuminate at top; the ventral
short; the anal single, of the shape of the dorsal, but shorter; tlie caudal fin lunulate,
The colour of the head, trunk, and fins, almost black, except the throat, abdomen, and pectoral fins, which
are cineritious. The caudal whitish at the points,
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and undulates in a singular manner.
Length, one foot five inches.
S com b e r cauda fa lc a ta ; rostro trúncalo; corpore sub-rliombeo, scabrimcnlo, alepidoto? linea
laterali mutica ; pinnis seenndis dorsi anique Jalcatis .
T h e S comber willi a falcate tail ; a tniiicate roslrum ; a rhomboid body, roughish, without
scales? a smootli lateral lin e ; the second dorsal and anal fin falcate.
Called b y the Natives M ookalee P a r a h .
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B. vii. D. 6. 19. p . 19. V. 6. A. 2. 18. C. 22.
T h e body somewhat of a rhomboid form, a little rough, but without apparent scales.
The bead large, compressed, roundisli, naked ; front declivous, carinate ; rostrum short, truncate. Mouth
small, oblique, round, situated rather low; lips tliick; jaws extractile. nearly equal, no teeth. Tongue large,
ovate, smooth, tied. Palate broad, smooth. Eyes middle, very near the rostrum, moderate size, orbicular.
Nostrils double, contiguous, the one next the orbit large, oval, the other small, round. The brancliial opercula
roundod, without scales, smooth; the membrane half exposed, the aperture wide, arched.