SHOVEL-FISH. ScaphiorJiynchus cataphracUi. 



SPOONBILL STURGEON. Polyodon gpatnla. 



The form of this fish is very peculiar, the body being to^eraoly large and rounded 

 towards the point; and the tail tapering rapidly until it ends in an elongated thong, 

 almost like the lash of a whip. The second dorsal fin commences immediately behind 

 the first, and extends along the tail nearly to the extremity of its lengthened filamentary 

 termination. The sexes may readily be distinguished from each other, both by the 



