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maxillaries and lower jaw; both jaws with teeth; body length¬ 
ened, a row of large carinated scales on each side. 
Belone vulgaris. — The Chinese Gar-Fish. 
Plate LXXVII. fig-. 2. 
Bluish-green above; silvery-white below. Two feet long. 
Inhabits the European seas. 
Genus 39. — SCOMBERESOX.— Lecepede. 
Generic Character. —Body and tail greatly elongated ; jaws 
much produced, slender, and narrow; dorsal fin opposite the 
anal one ; last ray of both dorsal and anal fins detached, forming 
spurious fins. 
Genus 40— HEMIRAMPH US_ Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — Teeth in both jaws; the symphysis of 
the lower jaw forming a lengthened point without teeth. 
Genus 41.—EXOCETUS.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Jaws with long pointed teeth, the 
pharyngeal bones having flat ones ; head with scales; branchial 
membrane with ten rays ; pectoral fins as long as the body. 
Exocetus exiliens .— The Mediterranean Flying Fish. 
Plate LXXYIII. fig. 3. 
Back brown ; silvery-white beneath, covered with large 
scales ; ventral fins long, placed behind the middle of the abdo¬ 
men. Fifteen inches long. Inhabits the Mediterranean. 
Genus 42.—MORMYRUS.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Head with a naked skin, which covers 
the operculi and branchial rays ; mouth small; teeth slender, 
those in the intermaxillaries and lower jaw notched; tongue and 
vomer with numerous teeth. 
TRIBE IV.-CYPRINID^E. 
Genus 43.— CYPRINUS. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character .—Tongue and palate without teeth, smooth ; 
