ELECTRICAL TRICHIURE. 



Trichiurus Electricus. T.fuscus, mandibulis cequalibus. 



Brown Trichiure with jaws of equal length. 



Trichiurus electricus. T. mandibulis cequalibus. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel.p. 1142. 

 Anguilla Indica. Will, ichth. append, t. 3.f. 3. 



THIS species, which seems nearly equal in size 

 to the preceding, differs not only in the conforma- 

 tion of the jaws, which are both of equal length, 

 but in the form of its teeth, which are all very 

 minute : the tail is not so extremely slender and 

 sharp as in the former, and the colour of the whole 

 animal is pale brown, variegated with spots of a 

 deeper cast. It is a native pf the Indian seas, and 

 is said to possess a degree of electrical power. 



