•i84 SYNOPSIS. 



OrEN. LXI. Hemiramphus. Upper jaw short, the und« 

 iaw excessively elongated and pointed ; dorsal and anal fins 

 entire. 



Sp. 120. H. Europeus. European Half-beak. Body long, 



slender, and compressed, the relative position of the fins 



nearly as in the two preceding genera ; sides of the tail 



straight, extremity forked ; colour of the back bluish 



green, with a few spots ; belly silvery. — Mag. Nat. Hist., 



1837, p. 505 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 450. 



Gen. LXII. Exoccetus. Head and body covered with large 



scales ; pectoral fins enormously developed ; dorsal and anal 



long and correspond mg ; tail forked, the upper lobe smallest ; 



branchiostegous rays ten. 



Sp. 121. E. voUtans. Common Flying-fish. Pectorals reach- 

 ing to the commencement of the caudal ; ventrals small, 

 and placed before the middle ; both jaws with small teeth;. 

 a row of carinated scales along the bottom of each flank. 

 Linn., Penn. Drit. Zool., iii. p. 441, pi, 78; Don. Brit, 

 Fish., pi. 31 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 453. 

 Sp. 122. E. exiliens. Great Flying-fish. Pectoral fins reach- 

 ing beyond the commencement of the caudal ; ventrals 

 very long and placed far backwards ; taU bilobed, the up- 

 per lobe smallest ; colour of the upper parts fine blue, 



belly white Bloch, pt. xii. pi. 397 ; Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. 



458. 

 Fam. XV. Siluridce. Body without tnie scales; shin either 

 naked or covered with bony i^lates; dorsal and pectorals almost 

 always with a strong articulated spine for the first ray, and an 

 adipose Jin is frequently present ; tipper jatv formed hy the inter- 

 maxillaries. 



Gen. LXIII. Silurus. Skin covered with an unctuous se- 

 cretion ; mouth provided with several long barbules ; dorsal 

 Very small, no adipose fin ; anal very long. 



Sp. 123. S. glanis. Sly Silurus, or Sheat-fish. Head broad 

 and flat, the mouth very large, both upper and under lip 

 with barbules, those on the former A^ery long ; back of a 

 dark green colour, pale green below the lateral line, the 

 whole covered with dark blotches ; pectoral fins dark blue 



