TRICHIURUS. TRICHIURE. 



Generic Character. 



Caput porrectum, operculis 



lateralibus. 

 Dentes ensiformes, apice 



semisagittati. 

 Membrana branchiostega 



radiis septem. 

 Corpus compresso - ensi- 



forme, cauda subulata 



aptera. 



Head stretched forwards^ 

 with lateral gill-covers. 



Teeth ensiform, semisagit- 

 tate at the tips. 



Gill-Membrane seven-rayed. 



Body ensiform, compressed, 

 with subulate, finless tail. 



SILVER TRICHIURE. 



Trichiurus Argenteus. T. argenteus maxilla inferior e longiore* 

 Silvery Trichiure, with the lower jaw longer than the upper. 

 Trichiurus Lepturus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 400. 

 Gymnogaster argenteus compressus, cauda attenuata rmpinna. 



Brown Jam. p. 444. t. 45. f. 4. 

 Trichiurus maxilla inferiore longiore, dentibus magnis. Block. 



ichth. 5. p. 55. t, 158. 



T^H I S fish is equally distinguished by the singu- 

 larity of its shape, and brilliancy of its colour : the 

 body is extremely compressed, of a great length, 

 and gradually tapers, as it approaches the extremity, 

 till at length it terminates in a very fine point : the 

 whole fish, except on the fins, is of the brightest 

 silver-colour : the head is narrow ; the mouth very 



