. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 74. SCOMBBIDiE—SCOMBEKOMORUS. 425 the jaws equal. Teeth very small, mostly in a single series, on tlic jaws only. Tail very slender, dei>rc8Hod, with a rather largo keel on each side. I'irst dorsal short, separated from tlie second by a considerable jiit^i^pare. Second dorsal and anal small, each with 7 or 8 fiidets. IVctoriils and ventrals small. Ko air-bladder. Brancihiostogals 7. I'vloric c(eca dendritical. Gill-rakers very long and slender, numerous. Vertcbnc peculiarly modilied, essentially as in EuthyimuH. (a3c«T
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 74. SCOMBBIDiE—SCOMBEKOMORUS. 425 the jaws equal. Teeth very small, mostly in a single series, on tlic jaws only. Tail very slender, dei>rc8Hod, with a rather largo keel on each side. I'irst dorsal short, separated from tlie second by a considerable jiit^i^pare. Second dorsal and anal small, each with 7 or 8 fiidets. IVctoriils and ventrals small. Ko air-bladder. Brancihiostogals 7. I'vloric c(eca dendritical. Gill-rakers very long and slender, numerous. Vertcbnc peculiarly modilied, essentially as in EuthyimuH. (a3c«T, an aucieiit name ol' a young tunny, from ai^'w, to grow.) , A> rochcl (RiHH(f) GUnthor.—Friyat^ Mackerel, Blue, variegated with darker above, becoming i)lain with age; belly silvery. Body robust, scarcely compressed, abruptly contracted at cau- dal peduncle. Eye as long as snout, 5 in head. Opercle very broad. Scales of corselet and along anterior dorsal region i;omparatively large. Maxillary almost entirely concealed by preorbital. Dorsal spines rather stiff; space between dorsals four-fifths length of head. About 33 gill- rakers below angle. Tectoral reiiching i)ast middle of first dorsal. Head 4; depth 4^. D. X-12-V1II; A. 13-VlI. Vert. 39. Mediterranean to the East Indies; lately api)eariug in great numbers on our Atlantic coast. A food-lish of little va'uo. {Scomher rochci Ilisao, Ichtli. Nico, IHIO, 1(55; Gllnflier, ii, 309: Scomber li»u$ Rafln> esquo, t'aratteri, etc. iBlO, 45: Auxia vulgaris Cuv. & Vul. viii, 13U.) ]IIORUS Locdpiide. {Cybittm Cuvier.) (Lacdpfcdci, Hist. Nat. Poisa. iii, 292, 1802: typo Scomheromoraa plumierii ' her regalia Blucli.) Body elongate, naked or with rudimentary scales, which do not form a distinct corselet. Uead pointed, comparatively short and small. Mouth wide, the strong teeth in the jaws often compressed or knife- shaped; villiform or sand like teeth on the vomer and palatines; max- illary not con
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