FISHES. ABDOMINALES. 27-29. 105 



27. ESOX. Pike. 



102. E. Lucius. Olive-grey with yellowish spots, belly 

 white spotted with bfack : jaws depressed, uearly 

 equal. 



Pike. ' Erit. Zool. t. 63. Shaw Zool. v, t. 108. 



Body lengthened, fometimes growing to a vast sire, blackish on 

 the back ; head flattened ; upper-jaw broad, a little shorter ; lower 

 slightly turned up at the end and covered with fmall punctftres : 

 iris golden, pupil bluish : teeth in the jaws alternately fixed and 

 moveable, wih 3 longitudinal rows on the palate ; dorsal anal and 

 caudal-fins fpotted with black: dorsal-Jin ai-rayed; pectoral 15: 

 ventral 11 ; anal 18 ; tail forked, ig-rayed. 



103. E. S aunts* Bliieish-green, beneath silvery t jawi 

 subulate, gaping in the middle, of equal length: above 

 and beneath 6 spurious-fins near the tail. 



Saury Pike. Br, Zool. t. 64. Linn, Trans, 7. p. 6c, /. ,5. 



Body about 1 1 incises long, tapering like an eel ; juwt very slcn- 

 Icr, about an inch long, of equal length) the upper-one a little in* 

 curved: pectoral and ventral-fins fmall: dorsal and anal opposite, 

 shallow, continued down to the tail into 6 other fmallcr fins : tail 

 much forked. 



104. E. Osscus. Greenish, -with pale red belly and fins, 

 covered with square long scales : jaws very long, the 

 upper longest. 



Great Gar-fish. Eloch t. 390. 



Taken ort the Sussex Coast. Bcrhenhout p. 81. 



'Body 2 feet long, nearly cylindrical, covered with bony fcales 

 difpofed in oblique tows, except on the head and gill-covers ; each, 

 fcale marked into 4 triangular spaces : gill- covers pale red, radiate : 

 JAWS with sharp unequal teeth along the edges, 3 (mailer-ones fuc- 

 ceeding every larger-one r eyes large ; iris yellow : fins all \vith the 

 first ray doubly ferrate : back with a row of sharp fcales : dorfal-fin 

 opposite the anal and near the tail, fpotted With black, 6-rayed : 

 pectoral 11 ; ventral 6; anal fpotted, 5 j tail rounded, fpotted, 

 12-rayed. 



K)5. E. Belone. Blue-green, beneath, silvery : jaws very 

 long and taper, the lower one longest. 



Gar Pike, Sea Needle. Br. Zool. t. 63. Donovan t. 64. 



Body 2 or 3 feet long, nearly cylindrical, taper : jaws sharp- 

 pointed, with numerous nearly equal teeth along the edges : mouth 

 purple on the inside : eyes large ; iris silvery : belly flat, bounded 

 each side by a rough line : dorsal-Jin i4-rayed, near the tail and opt 

 posite the anal j pectoral 1 3 ; ventral 7, the first ray fpinons ; anal 

 19; tail much forked, 23-rayed. The bones are green when the 

 fish is boiled. 



28. ARGENTINA. Argentine. 



&6 A. Spkyrcena. Bright-silvery, greenish on the back : 

 anal-fin with 9 rays. 



Pearl Argentine. Br. Zool. iii. p. 327,. tab. 65. 



Fody 2 or 3 inches long, compressed, nearly of equal depth : hea<l 

 purplish : mouth fmal], with minute teeth : eyes larp.e, iris silvery : 

 lateral-line in the middle, nearly straight : air-bladder shining like 

 polished silver : dorsal-fin placed near the equilibrium of the body, 

 lo-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; ventral 1 1 ; anal 9 ; tail forked. 



29. ATHERINA. Atherlne. 



107. A. Hespetus. Yellowish, pale-olive on the back, se-. 

 mitransparent, reticulate with lines of blackis 



