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KEMIEAMPHU8. 
Abdominal fishes, the body lengthened; the upper jaw very short in 
comparison with the lower, and formed by the intermaxillary bones. 
Lower jaw of considerable length, with teeth only so far as it meets 
with the upper jaw. 
EUROPEAN HALFBEAK. 
EUROPEAN HEMIBAMPHUS. 
Hemiramphus, Couch, in Trans. Lin. Soo., vol. xiv. 
“ Europoeus, Yabrell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 450. 
“ “ Report for 1847, of Nat. Hist. Society of 
Penzance. 
Many years ago, while engaged in taking Prawns in the 
harbour of Polperro, a small fish was observed at the surface 
of the shallow water with such an appearance of action as seemed 
unusual. It was easily caught, and on close examination 
appeared to be very different from any that had been known 
hitherto in England. The example was scarcely an inch in 
length, and therefore might well be judged to be in an early 
stage of existence; but as the figure was made out, it was 
described in a communication to the Linnean Society, as above 
quoted, as belonging to the only genus then recognised in which 
such fishes were arranged by Linnmus. But a doubt rested 
on the subject, in consequence of the fact that only a single 
exiimple had been met with in any part of Europe, and this 
of very small size ; and it was urged that the parent fishes must 
before this have been discovered, if such had ever come so 
near us, as the existence of so young a one would appear to 
imply. Several years had passed after this first discovery 
