178 PISCES. 



ExoccBtus (Linn.) . Fly ing -fish. Head and body 

 scaled; pectorals nearly as long as the body; head 

 flat, somewhat square in outline. 



E. volitans. 



exiliens. Fig. 274 ; J- n. s. 



Belone (Cuv.). Garfish. Body long and slender, 

 covered with minute scales ; head smooth ; both 

 jaws prolonged into long slender beaks ; dorsal 

 and anal entire. 



B. vulgaris. Fig. 275 ; \ n. s. 



275 



276 



277 



Scomberesox (Cuv.). Saury Pike. As Belone, 

 but the dorsal and anal are cut into a number of 

 small triangular finlets. 



S. saurus. Fig. 276 ; n. s. 



