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REV. R, T. LOWE’S SYNOPSIS 
Ord. MALACOPTERYGIANA ABDOMINALES. 
Fam. Cyprinipa&. 
Cyprinus auratus, L. Linn. Syst. i. 527. No.7. Cuv. R. An. ii. 272. 
The Gold Carp, Yarr. i.315. Vulgaris. 
Domesticated, or rather naturalized in all the tanks, &c. of the island, yet not 
found in the streams or torrents. 
Fam. Esocipz. 
Belone vulgaris, Cuv.—‘‘ Agulha,” or ‘‘ Peive agulha,”’ Cuv. R. An. ii. 285. 
Esox Belone, Linn. i. 517. No. 6. 
Gar-pike, or Sea-needle, Penn. 
The Gar-fish, or Sea-pike, Yarr.i.391. Haud rara. 
Scomberesox saurus, Cuv.—‘‘ Delphine,” Cuv. R. An. t. ii. p. 285. 
Saury Pike-skipper, Yarr. i. 394. 
Exocoetus exiliens (Bl.), Cuv.—‘‘ Voador,” or ‘‘ Avoador,” Cuv. R. An. ii. 287. Risso iii. 
446. No. 357. Haud infrequens ; rarior. 
Fam. SaLMoNnIDz. 
Saurus Lacerta, Riss—‘‘ Lagarto,” or ‘‘ L. do mar,” Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. 463. No. 371. 
Rarior. 
I do not feel by any means secure in the above reference. Besides other dis- 
crepancies, the following is the fin-formula of the Maderan fish : 
Ima, D.15; 2da, adiposa; A. 11.v.12; V.9; P.13; C.19; M.B.16.v.17; 
Vert. 51. 
Saurus griseus, nob.—‘‘ Lagarto de rolo,” or ‘‘ L. da costa.” 
S. griseo-fuscus, subimmaculatus, v. fusco subvariegatus : capite granulato et radiato- 
striato: dentibus in maailld superiore biseriatis ; palatinis, mawilleque inferioris 
triseriatis. 
: sto te sign’ 8 el VL | tp 
Ima, D.12; 2da, adiposa; A.11.v.12; V.8; P.13; C. s4T4vi? M. B. 16; 
Vert. 60. 
An Salmo Saurus, Linn. i. 511. No. 14?  Rariss. 
Very distinct from the preceding, whatever it may prove to be from others, 
when compared by those who have the means of judging. One of the only two 
specimens I have seen had sixteen branchiostegous rays on the right, and seven- 
teen on the left side. 
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