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TAB. XXVII. 
~AXTPHIAS RONDELETII. 
x, corporg: adhidncosars : linea laterali nulla; pinnis dor- 
sali et anali interruptis. 
¥ a phasl Pe ndeleti, 
DM Ricach Mem. IWern. Soc. 2, 58, tab. 2 2, fig. 1. 
Habitat in mari Britannico, piscilus minoribus vic- 
titans. 
Rostrum compressum supra trisulcatum nigrum, in- 
fra subcarinatum albicans, 
Oculi subargenteo-viridescentes, pupilla albicante- 
ceruleo-atra. (Membrana branchiostega 5-radiata ?) 
Pellis subscabra. 
Dorsum nigricans. 
Venter lateraque argenteo-alba. 
Pinna pectoralis argentea margine antico supra nigri- 
cante. 
Pinna dorsalis nigra interrupta, intervallo exarato, 
Pinna analis ceruleo-nigra interrupta. 
Linea lateralis nulla. 
RONDELETIAN SWORDFISH. 
Body rather rough, with no lateral line; dorsal and anal 
fins interrupted. 
Rondeletius is the-only author who appears to have no= 
ticed this species, which he informs us inhabits the Italian 
