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rate width : jaws equal, and with a single row of 

 sharp teeth in each : dorsal fni situated in the 

 middle of the back : scales rather large, thin, and 

 rounded : colour of the whole fish brown, paler or 

 lighter beneath : native of Carolina and the West- 

 Indian islands. 



MALABAR PIKE. 



Esox Malabaricus. E. suhJlaDescens, pinna in medio dorsi, pinnis 

 fusco fransversimfasciato-macitlatis, cauda rotundata. 



"^Tellowish Pike, with dorsal fin on the middle of tlie back;, fins 

 transversely barred with brown spots, and forked tail. 



Esox Malabaricus. E. dentibus caninis quatuor, radiis qui?ique 

 memhrance hranchiostegoe . Block, t. 3g2. 



Length of the specimen described about twelve 

 inches : habit distantly allied to that of the common 

 Pike, but with the tail rounded, and the dorsal fm 

 placed on the middle of the back : colour yellowish, 

 dusky on the back • lower jaw longer than the 

 upper : eyes rather large : scales large, and very 

 distinct : lateral line bending a little downwards at 

 its origin from the gill-covers, and then running 

 strait to the tail : all the fins, together with the 

 tail, of a very pale, transparent brown, barred by 

 several rows of deep-brown spots. Native of Mala- 

 bar, inhabiting rivers and rivulets, and in con- 

 siderable esteem for the table. 



