76 SHARP-BELLIED SALMON". 



Surinam^ where it is said to arrive at a very coil-» 

 siderable size, and to be of a very voracious nature^ 

 sometimes attacking ducks, which happen to be 

 swimming on the river : it is much esteemed as a 

 food, the flesh being white, firm, and deHcate. 



SHARP-BELLIED SALMON. 



Salmo Gasteropelecus. S. argenteus, compressuSj minimus^ abdo^ 

 mine prominente. 



Silvery^ compressed^ Yerj small Salmon, with projecting abdo- 

 men. 



Salmo Gasteropelecus. S. pinnis tmtralibus Sf adiposa minimis, 



Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 1384. 

 Clupea Sterniclus. Lin» Syst. Nat. p. 524. 

 Gasteropelecus Sternicla. Block, t. gj. 



An extremely small species ; of a very broad, 

 compressed form, with the abdomen sharply cari- 

 nated beneath : colour silvery : back tinged with 

 pale blue : fins grey : pectoral ones very long, and 

 falcated : tail forked : inhabits the waters of India, 

 Amboina, and South- America : found also in Caro- 

 lina : said to swim very swiftly. This little fish is 

 made a distinct genus by Gronovius, under the 

 title of Gasteropelecus. In the gill-membrane are 

 only four rays. 



