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The lengtb. The subject described measured two feet two inches; but in the month of September, one v
lauglit of four feet eight.
REMARK.
It sometimes appears at tiie English tables, but is not esteemed.
N o . C L X X V .
Esox maxillis longissimis, sub-equalibus, denticulatis ; cauda sublunata.
T h e Esox with v e ry long maxillæ, nearly o f equal length, and denticulated ; a sub-
lunate tail.
Esox Belone Linn. S. X . />. 5 17 ?
C alled b y th e N a tiv e s W a h l a h K u d d e r a .
B . xii. D. 23. P. 15. V. 6. zi. 21. C. 20.
T h e body long, straight, roundish, but somewhat quadrate ; covered (on the belly particularly) with very small
scales, smooth, angular-form, tenacious.
The Ixad small, without scales, depressed above, striate and smooth, compressed on the sides, with a straight
projecting rostrum, four inches in length, bony, round, sharp-pointed, constituting the two maxillæ, of which
the under is a little longer than the upper; both furnished with a row of straight awl-forin teeth, unequal in
size, sometimes diverging, distant from each other, the interstices filled up by thickset, minute teeth, in several
rows. The mouth opens widely; the tongue oblong-ovate, small, a little round, and not quite fixed. Palate
narrow, smooth. The eyes large, oval, near the angle of tlie mouth ; the nostrils in a groove, on a line with
the upper edge of the orbit; the posterior oval, the other round ; both small. The branchial opercula large,
rounded; the first lamina squamous, the second without scales, acuminate. The membrane exposed, the
aperture large.
The trunk. The back and abdomen almost straight, till where the tail begins to taper at the anal fin; the
sides convex, the belly below, rather flat ; the tail tapers more than the last. The exterior branchiæ denticulate,
the others tuberculate. The lateral line supreme, straight, a little raised towards the end. Anotlier line
of very small tubercles runs parallel to it, from below the edge of the pectoral fin to the tail. The anus remote.
The Jms. The dorsal solitary, very near the tail, consists of twenty-three ramous rays, the first ten declining,
sub-falcate, the others short, assurgent. The pectoral fin middle, short, rounded above, assurgent to the
eighth ray ; the ventral ramous, remote, slightly falcate ; the anal in shape exactly like the dorsal, to which it
is opposite, but shorter ; the caudal bilobed, somewhat lunate, the upper lobe shortest,
The colour o f the upper part of the head greenish, the cheeks and throat smooth, splendent, silvery. The
back changeable, dark green and light blue ; the sides light, silvery ; the belly white : the dorsal, pectoral, and
caudal fins have a greenish tinge, the others a yellowish-white.
Feet. Inches. Lincs.
Length of the subject described, from the point of the under jaw to tiie caudal fin i 11 6
to the eye -
flap of the operculum _ - _ _ _ _ - o 6 5
ventral fins - - 1 0 7
o f dorsal fin - _ . _ - . _ 0 4 7
anal fin - - - - - - - - - - - 0 4 5
lower lobe of caudal fin - - - - - - - - o s 4
REMARKS.
This, like the former, is an indifferent fish for the table. Tlie bones are green.
No. CLXXVI.
Rsoyt maxillis longissimis, dentatis; corpore cdejndolo; cauda rolundata.
T h e Eso x w ith v e r y lo n g maxillce set w ith te e tl i ; th e b o d y w ith o u t s c a le s ; th e ta il ro u n d e d .
Called b y th e N a tiv e s K u d d e r a . A .
Z . vii. D . 13. Z .9 . F. 6. -4. 16. C. 16.
T h is species in the shape of the body and head, and the structure of the mouth and jaws, agrees with the last
described; they differ in the following respects. The cheeks are squamous; the body without scales, transparent
; the branchial membrane has only seven rays; and the caudal fin is round, with a small black spot
towards the root. The situation of the other fins, the lateral line, and the second line near the belly, are as
described in the last; but the dorsal and anal fins are broader and shorter.
The colour whitish, clear, transparent. Along the back near the ridge, are three black lines, from the opercula
to the dorsal fin. The fins are glassy more or less ligiit colour; the tail yellowish-green, with a black
spot, as already mentioned.
Indies. Lines,
from the point of the lower jaw to the caudal fin 10 6
to the dorsal fin - - - - - - 8 3
of dorsal f i n - - - - - - 1 0
o f anal - - - - - - - - 2 S
o f caudal . - - - - - - 1 2
No. CLXXVII.
E so x maxilla inferiore tereti, cuspidata, longissima; superiore brevissima; cauda biloba.
T h e E so x w ith :t v e r y sh o rt u p p e r jaw , b u t th e u n d e r jaw ex trem e ly lo n g , ro u n d , sh a rp
p o in te d ; th e tail u n e q u a lly b ifid .
Esox Brasiliensis Linn. S. f f . p . h l7 .
Called b y th e N a tiv e s K u d d e r a . B.
JÍ. x ii. D. 13. P. 1 2 . V. 6 . A . 12. C. 19.
T h e body long, rotmdisli, compressed, somewhat quadrate ; covered witli large, smooth, tenacious scales.
The bead not so broad as the body, without scales, compressed on the sides, plane above. The mouth
roundish, horizontal i no lips. The upper jaw short, under the rostrum : the under is extended into a long
bony sword-form process, depressed above, grooved botli above and below. The teeth in both jaws small,
linear, close, without order. Tongue oblong, obtuse, smooth, loose. The palate smooth also, but the fauces
rough. Eyes high, middle size, round, iris silvery. The oiicrcula without scales.
Tire tmvi. The lateral line supreme, straight, declining very gently ; the other ventral line conspicuous, as
in tl.e two former, hut bends more downwards, and the belly being more convex, is consequently less parallel
to tlic lateral line. The anus, as in the otliers, remote.