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CLASSIFICATION OP FISHES_, ETC. 



4. SuBFAM. ESOCIX.^. The Pikes. 



Dorsal fin single^ close to the end of the tail ; mouth 

 large; teeth numerous, large^ acute.* 



5. Subta:m. EXOCETIX^. Flying Fish. 



Teeth fe^v, minute ; hody herring-shaped_, very hroad 

 on the back, hut gTeatly compressed towards the belly ; 

 mouth small, obliquely cleft ; teeth minute ; eyes large ; 

 ventral fins lengthened. 



ExocETus Linn. Pectoral fins excessively long, often 

 reaching to the end of the tail ; ventral fins of vari- 

 able length, but generally very long ; scales large, 

 deciduous ; sides of the beEy with a carinated hne on 

 each side ; caudal fin forked ; the upper lobe smaller 

 than th§ under. 



E, exiliens. Bl. 397. fasciatus. Am. Tr. ii. pi. 4. 



volitans. Bl. 398. fig. 2. 



Cyp-^Uurus Sw. General structure of Exocetus, but the 

 mouth is furnished with barbels or cirri, either sim- 

 ple or forked, {fig. 92.) 



C. Xuttalii Le Sueur. Am. Tr. ii. pi. 4. fig. 1. 

 apptndiculatus Wood. lb. iv. p. 283. 



Ramphistoma Raf. Body linear, lengthened, subcylin- 

 drical ; jaws excessively long, generally pointed, and 

 armed with acute teeth ; scales minute, sides of the 

 belly carinated. 



Rampiihtoma Raf. Both jaws nearly equal, straight, 

 narrow, and ending in points ; dorsal and anal fins 



* Except in Exocetus and Hemiramphus. 



