VANDELLIUS. VANDEL. 



Generic Character* 



Corpus longissimum, ensi- 

 forme. 



Membr. branch, radiis quin- 



que vel sex. 

 Ztewfessubulati, anterioribus 



majoribus. 



i?0</$/extremelyIong, sword- 

 shaped. 



Gill-membrane five or six- 

 rayed. 



Teeth subulate, those in front 

 largest. 



liUSITANIAN VANDEL. 



Vandellius Lusitanicus. V. argentcus, Cauda furcata. 



Silvery Vandel, with forked tail. 



Trichiurus ensiformis. Vandelli. Brit. Mus. 



Th I S fish, of which a dried specimen, in good 

 preservation, occurs in the British Museum, is 

 found, though very rarely, in the Mediterranean 

 and Atlantic seas ; has been sometimes taken near 

 Lisbon, and has been considered by Dr. Vandelli 

 of Coimbra as greatly allied to the genus Tri- 

 chiurus. 



The length of the specimen in the British Mu- 

 seum is four feet eight inches ; the breadth (ex- 

 clusive of the back fin, which is about an inch 



