ABDOMINAL MALACOPTERYG1ANS. 179 



• Chauliodus, Schn. 



These fishes, as well as can be ascertained from a figure, Catesb. Supp. 

 pi. ix, and Schn. pi. 85, are nearly allied to Stomias in their head and 

 jaws. Two teeth in each jaw cross the opposite one when the mouth is 

 shut. The dorsal corresponds to the interval between the pectorals and 

 ventrals, which are not placed so far back as those of a Stomias ; the first 

 ray of this dorsal is extended into a filament. 



C. Sloani, Schn. pi. 85 ; Esox stomias, Sh. V, part I, pi. iii ; is 

 the only species known, and has never been taken except at Gibral- 

 tar. It is fifteen or eighteen inches in length, and of a deep green 

 colour*. 



Salanx-j-, Cuv. 



The species of this genus have a depressed head ; opercula folding be- 

 neath; four fiat rays in the branchiae; jaws short and pointed, each 

 being provided with a range of hooked teeth, and the upper one almost 

 entirely formed by the intermaxillaries, which are without pedicles; the 

 lower jaw slightly elongated from the symphysis by a little appendage 

 furnished with teeth; the palate and bottom of the mouth entirely smooth, 

 as there is not even a lingual projection J. 



Belone, Cuv. 



The Orphies have the whole edge of the upper jaw, which, as well as 

 the lower one, is extended into a long snout, formed by the intermaxilla- 

 ries, — both furnished with small teeth, no others in the mouth, and those 

 of the pharynx are as if paved. The body is elongated and covered with 

 scales, which are not very apparent — one longitudinal carinated range near 

 the lower edge excepted. The bones are very remarkable for their co- 

 lour, which is a beautiful green §. The intestines differ but little from 

 those of a Pike. 



B. vulgaris; Esox belone, L. ; Bl. 33. (The Gar Fish). Two 

 feet long ; green above, white beneath ; found on the coast of 

 France, where its flesh is much esteemed, notwithstanding the co- 

 lour of the bones. Neighbouring species inhabit all seas. The bite 

 of one of them, which is said to attain a length of eight feet, is con- 

 sidered dangerous || . 



* The Stomias Schneideri, Risso, Ed. II, f. 37, appears to me to be of another 

 genus, and even of another order. 



t Salanx, the Greek name of an unknown fish. 



% There is but one species, a new one. 



§ This colour is inherent in the bone, and does not arise either from cooking or 

 the spinal marrow, as was believed by Bloch, ed. Schn. p. 391. 



|| The Brocket de Bantam, Ren. part II, fol. 14, No. 65; — the Belone crocodila, 

 Lesueur, Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. I. 129, probably the same as the Wahla kuddera, 

 Russ. 175, and as the variety of the Belone, Lacep. VII, pi. v, f. 1. 



Add, Belone caudirnacula, Cuv., kuddera, A, Russ. 176; — Belone cancila, Ham. 

 Buchan. XXVII, 70; — B. argalus, Lesueur, loc. cit. p. 125; — B. truncata, Id. p. 

 126; — B. caribcea, Id. 127, which is perhaps the timu-cu of Marcgr. 168, and other 

 species to be described in our Icthyology. 



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