76 SHARP-BELLIED SALMON. 



Surinam, where it is said to arrive at a very con- 

 siderable size, and to be of a very voracious nature, 

 sometimes attacking ducks, which happen to be 

 swimming on the river : it is much esteemed as a 

 food, the flesh being white, firm, and delicate. 



SHARP-BELLIED SALMON. 



Salmo Gasteropelecus. S. argcnteus, compressus, minimus, abdo* 

 mine prominente. 



Silvery, compressed, very small Salmon, with projecting abdo- 

 men. 



Salmo Gasteropelecus. S. piiviis ventralibus $ adiposa minirnis. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1384. 



Clupea Sterniclus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 524. 



Gasteropelecus Sternicla. Block, t. 97- 



AN extremely small species ; of a very broad, 

 compressed form, with the abdomen sharply cari- 

 nated beneath: colour silvery: back tinged with 

 pale blue : fins grey : pectoral ones very long, and 

 falcated : tail forked : inhabits the waters of India, 

 Amboina, and South- America : found also in Caro- 

 lina : said to swim very swiftly. This little fish is 

 made a distinct genus by Gronovius, under the 

 title of Gasteropelecus, In the gill-membrane are 

 only four rays. 



