THE 
FIBRE-TAILED FISTULARIA. 
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Generic Character. 
Snout cylindric, with the mouth at the tip. 
Gill-Membrane furnished with seven rays. 
Body elongated. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Brown FISTULARIA spotted with blue, with 
whitish abdomen, red fins, and bifid tail 
terminated by a long fibre. 
The Tobacco-Pipe Fish. 
The blue-spotted FISTULARIA. 
The singular genus Fistularia is readily distin¬ 
guished by the form of its snout and the length of 
its body : it contains only two species, of which the 
present is perhaps the most common : it is found in 
the Indian seas, and arrives at the length of nearly 
three feet. A variety with a serrated snout is de¬ 
scribed by Dr. Bloch, and is also sketched in the 
present plate. 
