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LEVERIAN PIKE. 



Esox Leverianus. E. squamis quadratis osseis, maxillis latis, 



subcequalibus^ rofnndatis. 

 Pike with square bony scales, and broad, nearly equals rounded 



jaws. 



Manjuari. Descripcion de differentes piezas de Historia Natural 

 las mas del ramo maritimo, represenfadas en sententia y cinco 

 laminas. su aufor Don Antonio Parra. t. 40. f. 2. ? 



Similar to the first species in all particulars ex- 

 cept that of the head, which is much flatter, and 

 wider in proportion, with a broad and flat snout of 

 very moderate length : the jaws are very nearly 

 equal, the tip of the upper just curving slightly over 

 that of the low^er : teeth rather small for the size of 

 the animal, and set in a single row in each jaw; 

 those in front being larger and longer than the 

 rest, as in both the preceding kinds : outline of the 

 upper jaw somewhat undulated, and when viewed 

 in direct profile slightly resembling the shape of 

 that of the Nilotic Crocodile: length of the speci- 

 men about five feet : colour an uniform pale whitish 

 or yellowish brov^^n. 



Whether this and the immediately preceding be 

 truly distinct, or whether they may not constitute 

 a variety of the same species, may, perhaps, be 

 doubted. 



