MALABAR PIKE. 107 



rate width : jaws equal, and with a single row of 

 sharp teeth in each : dorsal fin situated in the 

 middle of the back : scales rather large., thin,, and 

 rounded : colour of the whole' fish brown, paler or 

 lighter beneath : native of Carolina and the West- 

 Indian islands. 



MALABAR PIKE. 



Esox Malabaricus. E. subftavescens, pinna in media dor&i, pintus 

 fusco tramversimfasciato-inaculatis, cuuda rotitndata. 



Yellowish Pike, with dorsal fin on the middle of the back, fins 

 transversely barred with brown spots, and forked tail. 



Esox Malabaricus. E. dentibus caninis quatuor, radiis quinque 

 membranue branc/iiostegce. Block, t. 3Q2. 



LENGTH of the specimen described about twelve 

 inches: habit distantly allied to that of the common 

 Pike, but with the tail rounded, and the dorsal fin 

 placed on the middle of the back: colour yellowish, 

 dusky on the back lower jaw longer than the 

 upper : eyes rather large : scales large, and very 

 distinct : lateral line bending a little downwards at 

 its origin from the gill-covers, and then running 

 strait to the tail : all the fins, together with the 

 tail, of a very pale, transparent brown, barred bv 

 several rows of deep-brown spots. Native of Mala- 

 bar, inhabiting rivers and rivulets, and in con- 

 siderable esteem for the table. 



