3 
418 Storer on the 
duce imperfect reticulations ; beneath white. Snout 
obtuse ; gape of the mouth great. Lower jaw longer 
than the upper; teeth in front of the lower jaw 
small; on sides large and pointed. E’yes moderate 
insize ; pupils black, irides yellow. Nostrils double. 
Fins iy The pectoral, anal and ventral fins 
become reddish after death ; this is more marked in 
the larger specimens. 
The Dorsal fin from one to two lines longer than 
the anal. 
The Pectorals commence on a line with the six- 
teenth branchial ray, (counting from the anterior por- 
tion of the head back wards.) 
The Ventrals are situated two and a half inches 
in front of the dorsal fin. 
The Anus is large ; two lines in front of the anal 
fin. 
The commencement of the Caudal fin is about 
two inches back of the dorsal fin. 
The finraysare: B. 17; D. 18; P. 13; V. 11; 
A. 14; CU. I5 
T TESEO : íi — 
BrgrosEe. Cuv. 
Generic characters. Head and body greatly elon- 
gated; the latter covered with minute scales; both 
jaws very much produced, straight, narrow, am 
pointed ; armed with numerous small. teeth; the 
dorsal fin placed over the anal fin. 
B. truncata. Le Sueur. The Gar Fish. — 
Journal Academy Nat. Sciences, vol. ii. p. 126. 
