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THE GREAT FLYING-FISH. 



KXOCOETI'S VOIJTANS. 



FiK. '.'4. 



Pectoral Jiiifi (nili/ sli(/lillif {never more fhoii '/-) shorter tluiii the Iriif/tli of lln' frifiil:, flir second roji hranrlieil, 

 the third raii the lonr/csf. Ve}itrid /Ins inserted in front oj' thr niiddte-jioinl of the trnni: (nearer to the head than 

 to the hase of the candid Jin)^ and tlirir tip (n-hen Jalded) extendinfi to nl/ont the i-nd af the base of the anal fin. 

 The dorsal Jin lny/ins somen-hat in front nf the perpenclicutar from tlic n-nt, its hi'ii/ht in front (the leni/th of the 

 second rail) lirin// ei/nal to that of the jireopercidmn (or the total hri//ht of the ojjer<idain and suboperculum). 

 Beffinninfi of Ihe amd tin sitnated licloir the ■')lli, (itii or ifh rail of thr ilorsat fin, its base ninrh shorter than that 

 of the dors(d fn" and t/ie lii-ifilit abont '/^ of I lie base. Leni/th of tin- npju'r lolte of the caudal fin from the base 

 of the first sujiportinii rai/' about equal to that of the l/i-ad, ami the hurcr lohr half as long again. Coloration 

 like that of flic lli'rring or draji ^fiiUet, lustrous steel-blue on the back, .silverg o>i the sides and belly; pectoral 

 fi)is bluish f/rai/, in ijoung specimens darker, more bluish on thr inside, irifh vhite margin and in young specimens 

 irith a u'hitc transverse band; dorsal fin ivhitish gray, caudal fin broirn, rodial and anid fins uhitish blue. 



Fig. 94. /•J.rocoeliis volitaiis, a", •*;. of the natural size. From the Mediterranean. 



11 II Sv". J-^.rocoetii.i, Art., Descr. Spec. Pise, i>. 35: E.rocoetiis piiinis 



R. br. 10 1. 11: /'. r;^.r r^,-,P-r-. ; F. 6 ; "^ , ,. , . ., ^ -y ,. , /,-..,x ,,c 



'" '" ° '"'I'' «' •■•' ventralibus loiigiorilms: . . . Gron. Zoophyl. (1(63) p. 116; 



10—12' 8— 10(?) 14—17 



C. .r+13+.r. 



Exocoetns qnadriremif, Gron. niss. cd. Gr.w, |>. 145. 



" In young 8peciincn.s about ^ j of tlie base of the dorsal fin, in older ones about ', thereof. 

 ' According- to STElxnArnxKR. 



