Esox Viridis. E. mridi^, maxilh iffenore longiore, sqmP^^s 



tenuihus. Lin. Qwd. p. 1389. 

 Green Pike^ with large square thin scales^ and lower jaw lociger 



than the upper. 



Similar to the above kinds as to habit, but of a 

 smaller size, and covered with large, thin, soft, 

 square scales : lovv er jav^r longer than the npper : 

 dorsal and anal fm exact {j opposite : colour green, 

 Native of tlie seas about Carolina, where it was 

 observed by Dr. Garden. It appears to have been 

 confounded by some with the Acus maxima squamosa 

 xiridis of Catesby, which, though not accurately 

 figured by that author, is undoubtedly intended for 

 the Esox osseus or Bony-sccled Pike. In the present 

 species, according to Garden, the dorsal fin is fur-» 

 nished with eleven rays, and the anal with seven- 

 teen. 



VIPER-MQUTHED PIKE. 



Esox Stomias. E. dentibus quatuor cceteris muUo longiorihus ore 



clauso 'prominentihiis. 

 Pike with four of the teeth much longer than the rest, and 



projecting from the mouth when shut. Nat. Misc. g pL 



344. 



Vipera marina. The Viper-Mouth. Catesb. Carol, 2. pL IQ. 

 Append, 



This curious fish, which might perhaps more 

 properly constitute a distinct genus than be ranked 



