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SILVER PIKE. 



Esox Argenteus. E. fuscus, Utteris flamcantihus pidus. Lin. 



Gmel. G. Forst. it. circa orb. I. p. 159. 

 Dusky Pike, variegated with yellowish characters. 



Native of New Zealand and other islands in 

 the Southern Ocean, inhabiting fresh waters. 



NAKED-HEADED PIKE.. 



Esox Gymnocephalus. E, waxillis cequalihus, oper culls oh' 



tusissimisy capiie denudato. Lin. Syst. Nat, p. 51 7. 

 Pike with naked jaws, very obtuse gill-covers, and naked head. 



Native of India : said by Linnaeus to be of the 

 size of a Launce. 



BRASILIAN PIKE, 



Esox Brasiliensis. E. maxilla inferior e longissimOy corpore ser- 



pentino. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 51 7. 

 •Pike with snake- shaped body, and very long under jaw. 

 Esox Brasiliensis. . Block, t. 391. 



Length about twelve or fifteen inches : body 

 long and subcyhndric : scales rather large : colour 

 pale green, with five or six broad, semidecurrent, 

 brown bands across the back : abdomen silvery : 

 head' formed in such a manner as to resemble that 

 of a Swordfish inverted ; the lower jaw being semi- 

 cylindric, and vastly longer than the upper : both 



