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58 P IS C E S A B D O M IN A L E S . F IS T U L A R IA .
FISTULARIA.
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Caput : rostrum cylindricum, apice maxillo-
sum. Membrana branchiostega r a d i i s \ n .
T h e ro s trum c y lin d ric a l, w ith maxillse a t
th e a p e x ; th e b ra n c h ia l m em b ra n e c o n sists
o f se v e n ra y s .
No. CLXXIII.
F i s t u l a r i a cauda bijida, in setam longam terminante; pinna dorsali remotissima.
T l i e F i s t d l a r i a w i t h a b i f i d t a i l , t e r m i n a t i n g i n a l o n g s e t a ; t h e d o r s a l f i n v e r y d i s t a n t
from t h e h e a d .
Fistularia tabacaria Linn. S. X . p. hM.
C a l l e d b y t h e N a t i v e s G o o r u m .
B.y. D. 14. P. 15. V. 6. A. 13. C. 16.
T he head naked, depressed, and chanelled above, a litde compressed on the sides, and projecting into a long
tubular rostrum, at the extremity of which is placed the mouth. The rostrum two inches and a half long, not
quite round, but striated or grooved above and below, and armed on the sides, two-thirds of its length, with a
row of small prickles bent forwards. The extremities of this rostrum form the jaws ; the under longer than
the upper, both tuberculate at the points, and furnished with minute retroflex teeth, not close, but regular. The
moutli transverse, narrow, yet by the free motion of the lower jaw it can enlarge itself considerably. The
tongue small, fixed, and, as well as the palate, feels rough to the finger. Eyes supreme, large, oval, prominent ;
the edges of the orbit striate, angular. Nostrils double, nearly of equal size, the posterior on the edge, the
anterior within a small furrow, surrounded with minute prickles. The branchial operculum one oblong lamina ;
the branchial membrane half covered; the aperture gular and long.
The trunk. The back depressed, almost straight to the dorsal fin, from which it is carinate; the abdomen
and breast flat; the hinder part of the trunk somewhat angular. The branchiæ four-leaved, tuberculate. The
lateral line middle, straight, carinate towards the end. The anus remote.
The fins. The dorsal single, remarkably remote, low, assurgent; pectoral low, pointed above; the ventral
very small, much nearer the head than the tail ; the anal opposite to the dorsal, and nearly of tlie same shape
and size ; the caudal bifid, with a setaceous tail, three inches long.
T h e co/o«r omitted to be set down when the fish was recent.
Inchts. Lincs.
The lengtb of the subject described, from the point of the rostrum to the division of the caudal fin 9 o
From the point of the rostrum to the eyes -
hind head to the dorsal fin - - - - - - - - - - 3 ®
pectoral to the anal f i n - - - - - - - " “ " " ^ ®
dorsal fin to the caudal
ESOX.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Caput supra p la n iu sc u hm : mandíbula superiore
plana, breviore: inferiore punctata.
Denies in max illis, lingua. Membrana
branchiostega ra d iis v ii — x ii. Corpus
T h e h e a d flattish ab o v e ; th e u p p e r m a n d
ib le p la n e , s h o r te r : th e low e r d o tted .
T e e th in tb e j aw s a n d to n g u e . T h e
b ra n c h ia l m em b ra n e o f v i i . to x ii. ra y s .
T h e b o d y elo n g a te .
No. CLXXIV.
E so x max illa injeriore longiore, oblique tru n c a ta ; p in n a p r im a dorsali spinosa, quinque
ra d ia ta ; cauda fa lc a ta .
T h e E so x w ith th e low e r j aw lo n g e r th a n th e u p p e r , an d o b liq u e ly tru n c a te ; th e first
d o rsa l fin w i th five sp in o u s r a y s : th e ta il fa lc ate.
E so x spkyrama L in n . S . f f . p . 515.
C alled b y th e N a tiv e s J e l c ow .
B . y 'n . D . T . 10. P. 14. F. 6. A. 9. C. 20.
T h e body long, straight, roundish, covered with scales proportionally small.
The bead long, conical, somewhat angular, with a long projecting rostrum; the crown and front depressed,
not smooth like the rest, and the rostrum has a ridge on each side. The mouth very large, a little oblique;
the lips thin. The jaws projecting, of unequ.al length; the upper shorter than the under, which is obliquely
truncate; both set with crooked teeth, not crowded, of dissimilar size, and one remarkably large m front of
the tinder jaw. The tongue and palate denticulate. Eyes high, large, oval; nostrils at the root of the rostrum.
The opercula large, rounded, both lamina! squamous, the posterior terminates in two pointed flaps. The branchial
membrane partly exposed; the aperture wide.
The trmt. The back and abdomen straight; the sides convex; the tail from the rise of the anal fin, somewhat
taper and compressed. The lateral line rising high, descends sloping lo tlie middle of the trunk, then
Straight and middle. The anus remote.
The > s . The first dorsal nearly scapular, has five declining spinous rays, in a groove, the second
distant, lumbar, somewhat falcate, has ten mmous rays; the ,»Ic.oral middle, short, acuminate; the ventral
as long as tlio pectoral, but broader, and not pointed; the anal exactly like the second dorsal; the caudal
falcate.
The eoloar The up,!«r part of the head, and the trunk above the lateral line, a darkish changeable green;
the sides hght-colonr, the lower part of the head, the throat, and abdomen, a dull, no. splendent, wllite. Near
the lateral line, the dark colour (but less changeable than on the back) is con.inned a little across the hne,
forming a border indented with the light colour of the sides; the dorsal, pectoral, anal, and caudal fins, are of
a greenish yellow; the ventral white.