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BELONE. 
The veiil.ral fins abdominal. Body lengthened, slender; both jaws 
lengthened, slender, with teeth along their sides. Dorsal and anal fins 
far behind, and no finlets. A line of raised scales along each side of 
the belly. 
GARFISH. 
LONGNOSE. HORNBEAK. 
Aeus Oppiani, Acus alia, Jonston; Table 15, f. 17. 
“ “ “ “ Willoughby; p. 231, Table P. 2. 
TSsox belone, Linnaius. Bloch ; pi. 33. 
“ “ Donovak; pi. 64. 
Belone vulgaris, Cuvier. PLEMrao; Br. Animals, p. 184. 
“ “ Jbnyns ; Manual, p. 418. 
“ “ Yaerell; Br. Fishes, vol, i, p. 442. 
On the coast of Cornwall this fish is common at all seasons, 
as also in the Mediterranean, and more sparingly, according to 
Mr. Lowe, at Madeira; but as spring advances it extends its 
wanderings northward, so as to be known along the borders 
of Scotland, Sweden, and Norway, in which latter country 
Nilsson says it is a common remark that w'hen the Garfish 
appears in spring it is a sign of a dry summer. In the north, 
however, its visit is only transitory, and it returns to the south 
in winter. 
But wherever found it is a restless and wandering species, 
and having a quick digestion of food, it is always prepared 
to seize a bait, which it grasps with a peculiar action of its 
protruded jaws, presently to be described; but as the action 
of swallowing is not usually so sudden as in many other kinds 
of fish, when the boat is passing on rapidly under sail, the 
