GARFISH. 



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ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYGU. 



ESOCIDA. 



THE GARFISH. SEA-PIKE. MACKEREL- 

 GUIDE. 



GREENBONE. HORNFISH. LONG-NOSE. 

 SEA-NEEDLE. 



GOREBILL. 



Belone vulgaris, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 284. 



,, Gar. FLEM. Brit. An. p. 184, sp. 56. 



Esox belone, LINNJEUS. BLOCK, pt. i. pi. 33. 



,, ,, Garpike, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 429, pi. 74. 



Sea-Pike, Garfish, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 64. 



Generic Characters. Head and body greatly elongated ; the latter covered 

 with minute scales ; both jaws very much produced, straight, narrow, and 

 pointed ; armed with numerous small teeth : the dorsal fin placed over the 

 anal fin. 



THE GARFISH, included by Linnaeus in the genus Esox, 

 and thus associated with the true Pike, was called Sea- 

 Pike; and, on account of its leaving the deep water in 

 spring to spawn near the shore in the months of April or 

 May, preceding the Mackerel in their annual visit to shal- 

 low water for the same purpose, it has received also the 

 name of Mackerel -Guide. Other names, and they are not 



