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AMEklCAN FLYING-^ISH. 



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Exocoetur> Mesogaster. E. argenteo-ccerulesccns, pinnis tientra^ 



libiis in medio abdominis, 

 Silvery-blueish Flying-Fish, with the ventral fins situated on 



the middle of the abdomen. 

 Exocoetus pinnis ventralibus in aequilibrio. Block, t. 399. 



Allied in the highest degree to the immediately 

 preceding as to general appearance, but differs in 

 the size and situation of the ventral fms, which in 

 this species are placed exactly in the middle of the 

 abdomen, and are moderately large, and of a rounded 

 form. The colour of the fish is bright sikery, with 

 a dusky tinge on the back : the fms are blueish, 

 the dorsal and anal somewhat less shallow than 

 those of the two preceding species. Native of the 

 Atlantic ocean : observed by Plumier about the 

 coasts of the Antilles.. 



€0MMERS0NIAN FLYING-FISH. 



Exocoetus Commersonii. E. macula afroccerulea in pinna dorsaU, 

 Flying-Fish with a dark-blue spot on the dorsal fin. 

 Exocoetus Commersonii. Cepede, 5. p. A0\, 



Allied to the E. evojans, but with the ventral 

 fms placed beyond the middle of the abdomen, 

 their tips reaching to about the middle of the anal 

 fm : the dorsal fm is marked, on the part nearest 

 the tail, with a large deep-blue spot. Native of 

 the Indian seas : observed by Commerson. 



