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GREEN PIKE. 



Esox Viridis, E. mridis, matiUa infenore loiigiore, squatnis 



temabtts. Lin. GmeL p. 1389- 

 Green Pike, with large square thin scales, and lower jaw longer 



than the upper. 



SIMILAR to tl*e above kinds as to habit, but of a 

 smaller size, and covered with large, thin, soft, 

 square scales : lower jaw longer than the upper : 

 dorsal and anal fin exactly opposite : colour green. 

 Native of the seas about Carolina, where it was 

 observed by Dr. Garden. It appears to have been 

 confounded by some with the Acus maxima syuamosa 

 viridis of Catesby, which, though not accurately 

 figured by that author, is undoubtedly intended for 

 the Eso.v osseus or Bony-sailed Pike. In the present 

 species, according to Garden, the dorsal fin is fur- 

 nished Math eleven rays, and the anal with seven- 

 teen. 



VIPER-MOUTHED PIKE. 



Esox Stomias. E. dentibus quafuor cceteris mvlto longioribvs ore 



clauso prominentibvs. 

 Pike with four of the teeth much longer than the rest, and 



projecting from the mouth when shut. Nat. Misc. Q pi. 



344. 

 Vipera marina, The Viper-Mouth. Catesb. Carol. 2. pL 19. 



Append. 



THIS curious fish, which might perhaps more 

 properly constitute a distinct genus than be ranked 



