Class IV. 



GAR PIKE. 



429 



BeAoVtj. Arist. Hist. an. ii. c. 



15. &c. 

 BsXovrj, ~Pa<pi$> Athenccus lib. 



vii. 319- 

 Acus, sive Belone. Plin. lib. 



ix. c. 51. 

 Acuchia. Salvian, 68. 

 L'Aguille, ou Orphic Bchn, 



161. 

 Acus prima species. Rondel. 



227- Gesner pise. Q. 

 Horn-fisck. Schonevelde, 1 1 . 

 Horn-fish, or Gar-fish. Wil. 



Ichth. 231. Rail Syn. pise. 



109. 



Esox rostro cuspidato gracili 



subtereti, et spithamali. Ar- 

 ,ted. synon. 27- 

 Esox Belone. E. rostro utra- 



que maxilla dentata. Lin. 



sysl.b\J. Gm. Lin. 13Q1. 



Gronov. Zooph. No. 362. 

 Nabbgjadda, Horngiall. Faun. 



Suec. No. 156. 

 L'Orphie. Block ichth. i. I89. 



tab. 33. 

 L'Esoce Belone. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons. v. 



308. 



2. Gar. 



X HIS fish which is found in many places, is 

 known by the name of the Sea Needle. It 

 comes in shoals on our coasts in the beginning 

 of summer, and precedes the mackrel : it has a 

 resemblance to it in taste, but the light green, 

 which stains the back-bone of this fish when 

 boiled, gives many people a disgust to it. 



The common gar pike, or sea needle, some- 

 times grows to the length of three feet, or more. 

 The jaws are very long, slender, and sharp 

 pointed ; the under extends much farther than 

 the upper, and the edges of both are armed with 

 numerous short slender teeth ; the inside of the 

 mouth is purple ; the tongue small ; the eyes 



Descry. 



TION. 



