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PLATE XXXI, 
EXOCOETUS YOLITANS. 
COMMON FLYING FISH. 
* ABDOMINALES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head scaly: mouth without teeth: jaws connected at each side: 
in the gill-membrane ten rays : body whitish : abdomen angulated : 
pectoral fins large, and formed for flying : anterior part of tire rays 
carinated. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Belly carinated on each side. 
Exocoetus Volitans: abdomen utrinque carinato. Amoen. ac. 
1 . p. 321. Art. gen. 8. syn. 18. sp. 35. 
Winged Flying Fish. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 333. sp. 159. 
An interesting creature, introduced into the present work on the 
authority of Mr. Pennant, who in his turn observes, that he can 
produce but a single instance of its being taken on the British coasts ; 
