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WEST-INDIAN PIKE. 



Esox Synodus. E. pinna in mcdio dorsi, mewbrana. branckiostcga 

 quinqueradiata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 51 6. 



Pike with the dorsal fin on the middle of the back, and five- 

 rayed gill- membrane. 



GREATLY allied to the E. Vulpes. Native of the 

 American seas, and according to Cepede sometimes 

 found in the Mediterranean : body marked by a 

 few transverse dusky bands : scales large : abdo- 

 men silvery : fins striped with black. 



SILVER-STRIPE PIKE. 



Esox Hepsetus. E. linca laterali argentca. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p.5\7. Piquitinga. Marcgr. Bras.p.lSg. 

 Pike with silvery lateral line. 

 Esox marginatus. E. pinna dorsali aniquc oppositis, linca 



laterali argentea, maxilla infcriori scxtuplo longiori. Lin. 



Gmel.p. 13Q3. Forsk. Arab. p. 67. 



A SMALL species : body elongated, somewhat 

 transparent, and covered with rather large scales : 

 tail bilobate, and scaled like the body : upper jaw 

 short ; lower six times as long, and rather soft at 

 the tip : general colour brownish above, and whitish 

 beneath. Native of the Indian and American 

 seas. 



