Exocoetus. ........ Slender Flying Fijh. 1 his agrees with. 
the former, in having the Tides of the belly ridged; from which, 
however, it may be diftinguifhed at firft fight, by the flendernefs of 
the body, and great length of the ventral fins. D. 12. P. 14. 
V. 6. A. 13. 
Till now this fpecies appears to have been confounded with the 
lafb, or wholly overlooked. 1 regret, no part of its hiffory can 
be gained from voyagers; who do but mention their feeing Flying 
Fifh, without adding any character, by which the kind might be 
known: and of courfe we flill remain ignorant, what ocean or fea 
it inhabits, Probably the ventral fins alfift it in its flight. 
