VANDELLI US. V AND EL 



Generic Character. 



Corpus longissimum, ensi- 



forme. 

 Membr. branch, radiis quin- 



que vel sex. 



i, anterioribus 



majoribus. 



, sword, 

 shaped. 



Gill-membrane five or six- 

 rayed. 



Teeth subulate, those in front 

 largest. 



LUSITANIAN VANDEL. 



Vandellius Lusitanicus. V. argcnteiifi, caudafurcat*. 



Silver}'- Vandel, with forked tail. 



Trichiurus ensiformis. Vandelli. Rrit. Mus. 



HIS fish, of which a dried specimen, in good 

 preservation, occurs in the British Museum, is 

 found, though very rarely, in the Mediterranean 

 and Atlantic seas ; has been sometimes taken near 

 Lisbon, and has been considered by Dr. Vandelli 

 of Coimbra as greatly allied to the genus Tri* 

 chiurus. 



The length of the specimen in the British Mu- 

 seum is four feet eight inches ; the breadth (ex- 

 clusive of the back fin,, which is about an inch 



