PLATE CXVL 
ESOX SAURUS. 
SKIPPER PIKE. 
**** PISCES AEBOMIN ALES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head flatfish above: mouth and throat large: jaws toothed: un- 
equal, the upper one flat, lower punctated : tongue broad, loose : 
palate smooth : eyes round, moderate size, and lateral : nostrils 
double near the eyes. Gill-covers large, aperture ample, with from 
seven to twelve rays. Body elongated, covered with hard scales, 
above convex, and compressed on the sides : lateral line straight, 
nearest the back, and scarcely visible: dorsal and anal fin very short, 
*nd placed opposite. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AVID 
SYNONYMS. 
Jaws subulate, and slightly curving upwards, lower one longest: 
a bove and beneath spurious fins near the tail. 
Esox Saurus: maxillis subulatis subascendentibus, inferiore lon- 
giore, caudam versus supra infraque' pinnulis spu- 
riis. 
Saurus. Rondel, de Piscibus , lib. 8. p- 232. Gesn. 1. 4. 
p. 468. 
