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GAR PIKE. Class IV, 



35.4. Gar. BfiXow. Arijh Hi/?, an. II. 



c. 15. &c. 

 BeXo'w, Pa<pi$? Atbenaus lib. 



VII. 319. 

 Acus, five Belone P/r/wV Ztf. 



IX. <r. 51. 

 Acuchia. Safoian, 68. 

 L'Aguille, ou Orphie. Belott, 



161. 

 Acus prima fpecies. Rondel. 



227. Gefner fife. 9. 

 Horn-fifck. Sebone<velde f 11. 

 Horn-fifh,. or Gar-fiih. ^>7. 



/rt£. 231. Raii fy?i, pifc* 



109. 

 Efox roftro cufpidato graciii 



fubtereti, et fpithamali. 



Arted. fynon. 27. 

 Efox Belone. E. roftro utra- 



que maxilla dentata. Lin. 



fyji. 517. Grono-v. Zoopb. 



No. 362. 

 Nabbgjadda, Horngiall. Faun* 



Suec. No. 156. 

 See-naadel, Sack-nadel. Wulff 



Borufs. No. 70. 



THIS fifh which is found in many places, is 

 known by the name of the Sea Needle. It 

 comes in fhoals on our coafts in the beginning of 

 fummer, and precedes the mackrel: it has a re- 

 femblance to it in tafte, but the light green, which 

 (tains the back bone of this fifti when boiled, gives 

 many people a difguft to it. 

 Descrip. The common fea pike, or fea needle, fometimes 

 grows to the length of three feet, or more. 



The jaws are very long, (lender, and fharp 

 pointed ; the under extends much farther than the 

 upper, and the edges of both are armed with 

 numbers of fhort flender teeth : the infide of the 

 mouth is purple : the tongue fmall : the eyes large : 

 the irides filvery : the noftrils wide and round. 



The body is (lender : the belly quite fiat, bounded 

 on both fides by a rough line. 



The 



