862 
*Saiirus, 
Smrus. 
FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 48. Elops. 
Inhabits tht Mediterranean : 1 8 inches long ; body 
brown. ” ^ 
Lower jaw longer ; s fore-teeth In the upper jaw, and 
pair in the lower longer, the latter hooked at the tip i ** J 
ray of the dorfal fin, which is near the head, very 
lotaceous; body gradually tapering downwards; tail»^''' 
forked. 
Above and beneath 6 fpurious fins near the tail. Saurj ^ 
Inhabits Northern Seas ; 11 inches long; body eel-ih^P^ 
growing fuddenly {lender near the tail ; back dulky, ^ ' 
bright filvery. ^ 
yaws long, fubulate, the upper one a little curved, nearly ^*1" 
eyes large ; all the fins very fmall ; tail deeply forked. 
48. ELOPS. Head fmooth : edges of 
jaws and palate rough with teeth : 
memlrane QO-XdLjQd, and armed on 
outfide in the middle with 5 teeth* 
Tail armed above and beneath. 
Inhabits Carolina ; bixlv long, and differs from the falme^’ 
wanting the flelhy back-fin. jf 
Head large, fmooth, fhining, compreffed and flattened ; ^jjli 
covered with the fldn of the head ; body flender, covered '' 
large angular fcalcs ; tail deeply cleft, with a bony 1*-* ^ 
rather fpine above and beneath before it. 
: pcFi. ; vent. 14 : an. j : caud. 30 rap. 
49. ARGENTII^-^' 
