2H 



GAR PIKE. Class IVj 



154. Gar. BeAow. ^r.^. HiJ. an, II, 

 r. 15. &c. 



BsAovi?, Pa^/;? Athenaus lib. 



Vll. 319. 

 Acus, five Belone P//W/ ///^, 



IX. r. 51. 

 Acuchia. Sahjian, 68. 

 L'Aguilie^ on Orphic. ^f/W, 



161. 

 Acus prima fpecies. RondeL 



227. Gefner pifc. 9. 

 Horn-fifck. SckoneveUe, 11. 

 Horn-iifh, or Gar-iifn. ^/7/. 



231. Raii Jyn. pz/c^ 



Icth, 



109. 

 Efox roRro cufpidato gracili 



fubtereti, et fpitham.ali. 



Arted. fynon. 27. 

 Efox Belone. E. roftro utra- 



que maxilla dentata. Lin. 



fyfi. 517. Grono-v. Zoopk, 



No, 362. 

 Nabbgjadda, Horngiall. Fau%, 



Susc. No. 156. 

 See-naadei, Sack-nadel. Wulf 



Boriifs. No. 70. 



X/ESCRIP, 



THIS filh which is found in many places, is 

 known by the name of the Sea Needle. It 

 comes in ftoals on our coads in the beginning of 

 fummer, and precedes the mackrel : it has a re- 

 femblance to it in tade, but the light green, which 

 Ilains the back bone of this Slh when boiled, gives 

 many people a difguft to it. 



The common fea pike, or fea needle, fometimes 

 grows to the length of three fctt, or more. 



The jaws are very long, llender, and fharp 

 pointed; the under extends much farther than the 



uppe 



r ■ and the edges of both are armed with 



numbers of ihort fiender teeth : the infide of the 

 mouth is purple : the tongue fmall : the eyes large : 

 the irides filvery : the noftrils wide and round. 



The body is (lender : the belly quite flat, bounded 

 on both fides by a rough line. 



The 



