WIRY PIKE. 



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one quarter of an inch, except where they dilate a little to 

 include or pass outside of the ventral fins : the dorsal and 

 anal fins arc placed far back, and commence on the same 

 plane ; the dorsal fin with five finlets behind it ; the anal 

 fin with seven finlets behind it : the tail deeply forked ; the 

 two portions divided as far as the posterior edge of a scale- 

 like appendage, with which the fleshy portion terminates. 

 The numbers of the fin-rays are 



D. 9. V. : P. 13 : V. 6 : A. 11. VII. : C. 19. 



The cheeks and gill-covers are brilliant silvery white ; the 

 irides golden yellow, the pupil rather elongated vertically ; 

 the upper part of the head, and the back, throughout its 

 whole length, are of a fine dark blue, lighter on the sides* 

 below, and tinged with green ; lower part of the sides and 

 the belly silvery white ; all the fins dusky brown. 



The vignette below represents the fish-market at Newcas- 

 tle-upon-Tyne. 



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