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BECUNA PIKE. 



Esox Becuna. E. elongatus, argenteo-mrulescens, corpare utrin- 

 que cceruko maculato pinnis dorsalibus duabvs, cauda furcata. 



Silvery-blueish Pike^ marked on each side by a row of deep- 

 blue spots, with two dorsal fins^ and forked tail. 



Sphyrsena Becuna. Cepede. 5. p. 329. 



Described by Cepede from the drawing of Plu- 

 mier: shape considerably elongated : head slender, 

 with low^er j aw longer than the upper : scales middle- 

 sized : general colour silver-blue, with a series of 

 pretty large, round, dark-blue spots along each side 

 the body, tail spotted with blue. Native of the 

 American seas. 



GAR PIKE. 



Esox Belone. E. angvilliformis' mridi-cxruku.s, abdomine 



argenteo, rnaxillis subidutis. 

 Eel- shaped Pike^ blue -green above, with silvery abdomen^ and 



very long, taper jaws. 

 Esox Belone. E. rostro utraque maxilla suhulcdo. Lut. Syst, 



Nat. p. 517. 

 Esox Belone. E. rostro subulato. Block, t, 33. 

 Gar Pike. Fenn. Brit. ZooL 



To the history of this fish little can be added to 

 what has already been detailed by Mr. Peimant in 

 the third volume of the British Zoology. It is a 

 native of the European seas, and arrives in shoals 

 on the British coasts towards the beginning of 

 summer, preceding the Mackrel. Its general 



