PISCES. 67 



ESOX. 



gg. ESOX marginatus; pinna dorfali anique oppofitis ; linea taterali argentea; 

 maxilla iwferiori fextuplo longiori. 



Descr. Corpus lineare, utrinque attcnuatum, latcribus parallelis: abdo- 

 ntine & dorlb ejusdcm crafTitiei. Long. fequifpith. Altitudo ct afli- 

 tie f fquimajor. Crput lupra horizontale, corpore anguftius. Gula 

 comprefia. Labiim fuperius triangulum tequierurum format horizon- 

 tale , planiufculum ; bafi mobile & fponte furgens dum Jabium inferius 

 deprimitur. Labium krfer. fcxtuplo longius fuperiore ; lanceolatum , 

 deprefium, planum, corneum. Dentes in junfctura maxilljrum nu- 

 merofi, erefti, fetacei, rigidi , parvi. Labiis connivcntibus, infcriores 

 extra l.ibium fuperius promincnt. Nares utrinqu; fimplices, magnae, 

 rcniformcs, transverfe. Opercida nuda , integerrima. Ocidi juxta ver- 

 ticem, parum remoti. Dorfnm re£tum, convcxum. Abdomen ree- 

 tum, planum; laterali iinea marginattm usque ad P. V. Catida atte- 

 ■nuata, refcta. L. lat. a capite ad P. V. marginem abdominis confti- 

 tuit: dein elevatur, & oblique decurrit infra corporis medium : finitur 

 fub apice P. D. Squamce lata?, laxje, integne. Color totus albidus; 

 dorfum & vertex fufcus. Vitta in utroquc larere longitudinalis ar- 

 genrea, fquamis craffioribus ftriatis. P. peEt. juxta caput in medio la- 

 tere , lanceolata; , longitudine capitis (excepto labio infer.). P, V. po- 

 ne •§■ corporis fitae, ad nwginem inferiorem utriusque Jateris: pone 

 excife: radio extimo & intimo incurvis, hoc longiore. P A. glauca, 

 extus flavefcens: parva, triangularis : medio inter P. V. & C. P. D. 

 extus flava: oppolita P. A. fed major & latior. P. C. pettorali fe- 

 fquilongior, biparrita, lobis lanceolatis , inferiore, (quod pcculiare) lon- 

 giore. Superior pallide-flavus , margine pofiico fufeus. 



Arab. Cambartlr, ~* j .a.a3 DjiddjE. 



Rad. B. 1 3. D. T ° T . P. 1 1. V. & A. ^. C. 14. 



Efoci hepfeto, Likn. valde afKnis • & fimul cum illo feparandus in pro- 

 prium genus, cujus charafchr petendus a forma dentium & fitu pinna- 

 rum. Qui in Am. Acad. defignarur: labio infer. hvgiore , & P. A. 

 dijferentibus j aut nova eft fpccies ; aut prorfus diverfi generis. 



gg. b) Far; Lohajcc: huic fimiilimus: fupra lineam argenteam maculis nigris 

 notatus. 



58. c) Esox belone \ Maris Rnbri ; linea Jarerali jtixta abdomen; & pinnis 

 pone excifis Rad. B. 14. D. 22. P. 13, V. 7. A. 21. C. ij. 

 Arab. Chccrman ^bo-s^ vel Choram. 



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