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the vomer, palatines, tongue, and pharyngeans ; dorsal very far 

 back and placed over the anal. 



Sp. 117. E. lucius. Pike. Body suddenly narrowing be- 

 hind the dorsal fin ; head a little concave before the eyes, 

 the under jaw projecting beyond the upper ; gill-opening 

 large ; scales of moderate size, the basal margin three- 

 lobed ; dorsal very far back, the anal answering to it ; 

 ventnils small and placed low down, nearly central ; tail 

 forked but not deeply. Fin-rays, D. 19 : P. 14 : V. 10 : 

 A. 1 7 : C. 19. Colour of the upper parts dusky olive- 

 brown, sides mottled w'th green and yellow ; belly white. 

 — Lhm,., Pewa. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 424, pi. 74 ; Don. Brit. 

 Fish., pi 109 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 434. 



Gen. LIX. Belone. Head and body excessively elongated ; 

 jaws very long, slender and pointed ; dorsal and anal fins single 

 and entire. 



Sp. 118. B. vulgaris. Gar-fish. Body nearly cylindrical as 

 far as the commencement of the dorsal ; snout prolonged 

 into a pointed beak, both jaws with a single row of fine 

 sharp teeth ; head without scales, those on the body thin 

 and scattered ; dorsal placed very far back, pretty long, 

 the anterior part highest ; anal corresponding ; pectorals 

 and ventrals very small, especially the latter ; tail forked : 

 upper parts rich bluish green, the rest of the body silvery. 

 — Cuv. Reg. An. ; Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. 442. Essox belone, 

 lAn7t., Penn. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 229, pi. 71 ; Don. Brit. 

 Fish, pi. 64. 



Gen. LX. Scomberesox. Nearly as in Belone, but the dor- 

 sal and anal fins are succeeded by a scries of finlets. 



Sp. 119. S. saurus. Saury- Pike. Similar in general form 

 to the gar-fish; the elongated jaws slightly curved up- 

 wards at the point ; dorsal placed far back and correspond- 

 ing to the anal, the former succeeded by five, the latter 

 by eight finlets ; taU forked : upper parts azure-blue, 

 changing to green, and glossed with pmple and yellow; 

 belly silvery. — Flem. Brit. An., p. 184 ; Cv/v. Beg. An.; 

 Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 446. Esox saiurus, Penn. Brit. ZQol.y 

 iii, p. 430, pi. 75 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 116. 



