ELECTRICAL TRICHIURE. 



Trichiurus Electricus. T.fuscus, mandibulis cequalibus. 



Brown Trichiure with jaws of equal length. 



Trichiurus electricus. T. mandibulis cequalibus. Lin, Syst, 



Nat. Gmel. p. 1142. 

 Anguilla Indica. Will* ichth. append, t. Z.f. 3. 



This species, which seems nearly equal in size 

 to the preceding, differs not only in the conforma- 

 tion of the jaws, which are both of equal length, 

 but in the form of its teeth, which are all very 

 minute: the tail is not so extremely slender and 

 sharp as in the former, and the colour of the whole 

 animal is pale brown, variegated with spots of a 

 deeper cast. It is a native of the Indian seas, and 

 is said to possess a degree of electrical power. 



