THE 
BROAD-FINNED SWORD-FISH. 
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Generic Character. 
Head furnifhed with a fword - fliaped fnout oi" 
upper jaw. 
Body without apparent fcales. 
Specific Character . 
SWORD-FISH with extremely broad back-fin, 
and very long fharp-pointed thoracic appendages. 
Amongfl the monfters of the deep which inhabit 
the Indian and Pacific oceans, the fifh here repre- 
fented is one of the moft remarkable. Prom the ap¬ 
pearance of the long and fharp-pointed procefs of the 
head, it appears, on a curfory view, very nearly 
allied to the Sword-fifh, already fo well known to 
naturalifts. It differs, however, in feveral particulars, 
from the common or European Sword-fifh, and can 
by no means be regarded as the fame fpecies. This 
extraordinary fifh is found of the length of twenty 
. et, or fometimes much longer. It was firfl de* 
fcribed by Marcgrave, in his Hiftory of Brafil, who 
has illuflrated his defcription by a figure, which, though 
not pofieffing any degree of elegance, is yet fufficient 
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