THE 



BROAD-FINNED SWORD-FISH. 



Generic Character. 



Head furnifhed with a fword - fhaped fnotlt Of 



tipper jaw. 

 Body without apparent fcales* 



Specific Character. 



SWORt)-FlSH with extremely broad back-fin, 

 and very long (harp-pointed thoracic appendages* 



Amongft the monfters of the deep which inhabit 

 the Indian and Pacific oceans, the fifh here repre- 

 fented is one of the mod remarkaole. From the ap- 

 pearance of the long and lharp-pointed procefs of the 

 head, it appears, on a curfory view, very nearly 

 allied to the Sword- fifh, already fo well known to 

 naturalifls. It differs, however, in feveral particulars^ 

 from the common or European Sword- fun, and can 

 by no means be regarded as the fame (pedes*- This 

 extraordinary fifh is found of the length of twenty 

 feet, or fometimes much longer. It was firft de- 

 fcribed by Marcgrave, in his Hiftory of Brafil, who 

 has iiluftrated his defcription by a figure, which, though 

 not poiFefijng any degree of elegance* is yet fufficienfi 

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