FISTULARIA. FISTULARIA. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum cylindricum^ apice 



maxillosum. 

 Corpus elongatum. 

 Meyjibr : branch : radiis 



septem. 



Snout cylindri6 : mouth ter- 

 minal. 

 Boch/ lengthened. 

 Gilt-membrane seven-rayed. 



SLENDER FISTULARIA. 



Fistularia Tabacaria. F. cauda bifida setifera, Lin, Syst. Nat^ 

 p, 515. 



Fistularia with bifid tail^ furnished with a long bristle-shapQ^ 

 process. 



Petimbuaba. Marcgr. Bras. p. 148. Pwo. Raj. SfC> 

 The Tobacco-Pipe Fish. Will, ichth. p. 233. 

 Fistularia Tabacaria. Block, t. 387- 



This highly singular fish seems to have beei> 

 first described by Marcgrave in his Natural History 

 of Brasil, under the name of Petimbuaba. He in- 

 forms us that it grows to the length of three or four 

 feet, and is of a shape resembling that of an Eel, 

 with the mouth toothless and pointed, and the 

 upper lip longer than the lower ; the head about 

 nine inches long, from the eyes to the tip of the 

 mouth ; the eyes are large and ovate, with a bright- 

 blue pupil and silvery iris, marked on the fore and 

 hind part by a red spot ; the skin smooth, like that 



