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BECUNA PIKE. 



Esox Becuna. . dongatm, argenteo-cceruk^cens, cor pore ufrin- 

 que cceruleo maculato pinnis dorsdibus duabus, caudu furcatu. 



Silvery-blueish Pike, marked on each side by a row of ckrp- 

 blue spots, with two dorsal fins, and forked tail. 



Sphyraena Becuna. Cepcde. 5. p. 32Q. 



DESCRIBED by Cepede from the drawing of Plu- 

 mier: shape considerably elongated : head slender? 

 with lower jaw longer than the upper : scales in iddle- 

 sized : general colour silver-blue, with a series of 

 pretty large, round, dark-blue spots along each side 

 the body, tail spotted with blue. .Native of the 

 American seas. 



GAR PIKK. 



Esox Belone. E. anguWiformis vtrifa-cttrvleits, abdominc 



argenteo, maxillis subulaii*. 

 Eel-shaped Pike, blue-green above, with silvery abdomen, and 



veiy long, taper jaws. 

 Esox Belone. E. roslro utraque maxilla subulato. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. p. 517. 



Esox Belone. E. rostro subulato. Block, t. 33. 

 Gar Pike. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



To the history of this fish little can be added to 

 what has already been detailed by Mr. Pennant in 

 the third volume of the British Zoology. It is a 

 native of the European seas, and arrives in shoals 

 on the British coasts towards the beginning of 

 summer, preceding the Mackrel, Its general 



