390 ORDER MALACOPTERYGII ABDOMINALES. 



structive ; but its flesh is good, and easy of diges- 

 tion. 



This species is also found in the fresh waters of 

 North America, where there are also two others, one 

 with brownish lines upon the flanks, which sometimes 

 form a net-work, Esox reticularis, Lesueur, Ac. Sc. 

 Nat. Philad. ; the other sprinkled with round and black- 

 ish spots, Ex. Estor, Id. ib. i. 413. 



Galaxias, Cuv. 



The body without apparent scales, the mouth but 

 little cleft, some pointed and middle-sized teeth in 

 the palatines and both jaws, of which the upper has 

 almost its entire edge formed by the intermaxillary ; 

 finally, there are some strong hooked teeth on the 

 tongue. 



The sides of their head present pores; and the 

 dorsal corresponds to the anal, as in esox, to whose 

 intestines theirs also bear an exact resemblance '. 



Alepocephalus, Risso. 



Have pretty nearly the same general forms, but their 

 head only is without scales ; there are broad scales on 

 the body ; their mouth is small, and has only fine and 

 crowded teeth ; the eye is very large, and there are 

 eight rays to the gills. 



But one species is known, from the depths of the 

 Mediterranean, At. rostratus, Risso, 2nd edit. f. 27., 

 and Mem. de l'Ac. de Turin XXV. pi. x. f. 24. 



' Esox truttaceus, Cuv. ; Esox alepidolus, Forst. 



