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Show 146 PISCES. Sc. pelamys, L., Lacep., II, xx, ~· (The Bonita.) Four Jon. gitudinal blackish bands on each s1de of the belly.( l) The ORoYNus, Cuv. Onlv differs from the Tunnies in the extremely extended pectorals, which. are one-third of the entire length, and reach beyond the anus. Sc. alalonga, Gm.; Germon of the Biscayans; .lllalonga of the Italians; Duham., Sect. VII, pl. vi, f. 1, under the improper name of Tunny; Willughb. App. pl. x, f. 1, is taken in the Mediterranean, with the Tunny, and in summer visits the gulf of Gascogny, in numerous bodies, where it constitutes an im. portant fishery. The back is a blackish ~lue, gradually fading into the silvery white of the belly. It 1s frequently found to weigh eighty pounds; its flesh is much whiter than that of the Tunny. Auxis, Cuv.(2) The corslet and moderate pectorals of the Tunny, and the dorsals, separate, as in the Mackerel. One species inhabits the Medi· terranean. Sc. bisus; Bonicou, or Scombre Laroche, of Risso; Rafin., Ca· ratt. pl. ii, f. 1; Egypt., XXIV, 6. Back, of a fine blue; oblique blackish lines; flesh, a deep red. Another is taken in the Antilles called the Thou, or Tunny, which attains a size equal to that of the European Tunny.(3) SARDA, Cuv.( 4) Distinguished from the Tunnies solely by their separate, pointed, and strong teeth. Sc. sarda, Bl. 334; Aldrov., 313; Salvian., 123; Belon, 179.(5) The only species known, but common in the Black Sea and Mediterranean. It is blue, the back obliquely streaked with (1) Add. Sc. coretta, Cuv., Sloane, Jam., I, 1, 3;-Dangiri mangelang, Renard, I, luvi, 189. (2) Jl.uxia, ancient name of a fish of this family. (3) Add, the Tasard, Lacep. IV, p. 8;-the Jl.lbicore, Sloane, Jam., I, 1, 11 (4) Sarda was the ancient name of the Tunny that was caught and salted in the Western Ocean. . (5) ltistheAmiaoftheancients and ofRondelet, 238; the Sarda ofRond.,248, 1 S the young of the same species. It is also the Scomber palamitus of Rafin.; the Sc. ponticua, Pall., Zoogr. Russ. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 147 blackish; remarkable for the extreme length of its gall-bladder; a fact well known to Aristotle.( 1) It also inhabits both oceans. CYBIUM, Cuv.(2) The body elongated, and without a corslet; large, compressed, tJ·enchant teeth, resembling lancets; palatine teeth all small, short, and crowded. Several species are found in the hot parts of both oceans; some of them become very large.(3) THYRSITES, Cuv.( 4) Differs from Cybium in the anterior teeth, which are longer than the others, and in having pointed, palatine teeth; no lateral carina to the tail. This little subgenus leads insensibly to Lepidopus and to Trichiurus.( 5) GEMPYLus, Cuv.(6) Similar to Thyrsites in the jaw-teeth, but there are none in the palate, and the ventrals are almost imperceptible; an additional mark of affinity with Lepidopus.(7) XIPRIAs, Lin. These fishes belong to the family of the Scomberoi"des, and approach the Tunnies, particularly in their excessively small scales, in the carinre on the sides of their tail, in the power of their caudal fin, and in their whole internal organization. Their distinguishing character consists in the beak, or long ensiform point or tusk, which termi- (1) Arist., Hist., II, c. xv. The gall-bladder of the common Tunny is equally as long. (2) Cybium, the ancient name of a dish prepared from the Tunny and from another fish of the same family. (3) C. Commeraonii, Cuv., Sc. Oommersonii, Lacep., or Konam, Russ., 135;-0. lineolatum, Cuv., Mangelang, Russ., I, vii, 53;-0. guttatum, Cuv., or Sc. guttatus, Bl., Schn. pl. v, Vingeram, Russ., 134;-0. maculatum, or Sc. maculatua, Mitch., Ann. New York Lye., I, vi, 8;-0. Regale, Cuv., or Sc. regalis, Bl., 333, which is also the Scomberomore Plumier, Lacep., III, 293;-0. cavalla, or Guarapuca, :Marcgr. 178. (4} The ancient name of some fish of this family. (5) Scomber dentatus, Bl., Schn., or Sc. atun, Euphrasen and Lacep., or .ll.cinacee batarde, Bory St Vincent. (6) The ancient name of an unknown fish. (7) Gempylus serpens, Cuv., or Serpens marinus compreasualividua, Sloane, I, 1, f. 2. \ |
