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130 NEW SPECIES OF FISH 



P. 14.— V. 6.— D. 22 — A. 21. Caadal 28. 



The total length of this individual was thirty-one 

 and a half inches, the head alone was nine and a half 

 from the beak to the termination of the operculum, 

 with a height of about two and a half inches, and 

 nearly two wide between the eyes. 



The armature of its jaws renders it dangerous and 

 deservedly feared by those who swim or bathe in 

 the places which it frequents. This was the species 

 in all probability which had been observed by Re- 

 nard and which is spoken of by Monsieur Delace- 

 p£de, which had been confounded with the Esox 

 Belona. 



Collected on the coast of the Isle of Frauce. In 

 the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, marked R. R. 

 No. 4. 



5 Belon\ *Indica. This species observed by 

 Perron and myself, makes a near approach to that of 

 Gaudaloupe, and I shall here endeavour to present 

 the characters by which they differ. This species 

 as well as B. carribcea, has jaws which are equal, 

 but in this they are more robust, obtuse, and thicker 

 at their extremity while in that they are slender and 

 terminated by a flexible point, it is further recog- 

 nisable by its obliquely truncated caudal fin, slightly 

 scolloped with arrounded lobes, and the lower one 

 longer : the dorsal and anal fins are likewise similar 

 in form, placed exactly opposite each other, they are 

 also elevated anteriorly, very low and straight, pos- 



