PARADOXICAL FISTULARIA. QQ 



mouth small : nape trimuricated : gill-openings very 

 shallow and small, and radiated by a few promi- 

 nent lines : first dorsal fin long, and reclining : 

 pectoral fins very broad : ventral very large, with 

 deeply divided rays, and connected longitudinally 

 by a lax saccular membrane : general colour cinere- 

 ous, or yellowish-white, with obscure brown undula* 

 tions, which are darker or blackish on the first dorsal 

 fin and tail. Native of the Indian seas, and ap- 

 pears in some degree allied to the Syngnathi or Sea- 

 Needles, among the Cartilaginous Fishes. 



