Tabby cat is also comparable to the Spanish word "ataviar", which means "to decorate or to dress or wear" and often implies luxurious clothing. Usage of the term "tabby cat ," which means "one with a striped coat", began in the 1690s and was later shortened to "tabby" in 1774. The notion that tabby is indicative of a female cat may be a reference to the feminine proper name Tabby, as a shortened form of Tabitha. There are four tabby patterns that have been shown to be genetically distinct: Mackerel, Classic, Spotted, and Ticked. A fifth includes tabby as part of another
Chilean jack mackerel for Pacific jack mackerel. The Chilean jack mackerel looks very much like the greenback horse mackerel "(Trachurus declivis)" found around Australia and New Zealand. The two species can be distinguished by the number of gill rakers ("T. declivis" 50–57, "T. murphyi" 51–65) and the number of scales and scutes in the lateral line ("T. declivis" 81–82, "T. murphyi" 89–113). All three species are found schooling around the coast of New Zealand. They are mainly captured using purse seine nets, and are managed as though they were one species or stock. Chilean jack mackerel The Chilean jack mackerel ("Trachurus murphyi") sometimes