408 coxTuinuTioxs TO NOKTII AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



eye: scales above with spots along their edges, so that their outlines 

 are clearly defined; Hiiu speckled. Scales with entire edges. Eye large, 

 '.'.\i\\ bead, about as long as the snout. Jaws equal. First dorsal larger 

 than in .17". h.-tsd, inserted in front of the anal, over the vent, about mid- 

 way be! \veen snout and base of caudal. Distance between dorsals':- 

 length of head. Pectoral scarcely shorter than head, reaching past base 

 of vent nils, which do not reach the vent or the front of the dorsal. 

 Body slenderer, and more compressed than in If. bosci. Teeth in few 

 series, some of them larger. Head .">; depth G. D. IV-I, 8; A. I, 23; 

 scales Ki-10. L. 5 inches. Atlantic coast of United States, chiefly 

 northward; abundant. 



(A'ltcri HI nolatu Mitrhill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1814, 44G: Alherina notn'a 

 I" tkay, Xc\v York Fauna, Fish. Ml: Atlicriita mi'iiidia C'uv. ot Val. x, 4G2: Ch'trostoiiM 

 iiotatitut of modt recent writers.) 



31. bcrylUina (Cope) J. &. G. 



Pale dive, with a silver band on 2 \ rows of scales. Body stouter than 

 usual. First dorsal far in advance of second, inserted over the vent, 

 slightly nearer base of caudal than snout. Eye large, .'> in head. .Man- 

 dible slightly projecting. Scales not described. Head -I 1 ,; depth G. 

 1). V-I, 11 ; A. I, 18. L. 2i inches. Potomac Jtiver. (Cope.) 



hfrylliniim Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. IbGG, 403.) 



til 1. ITS. l>r:as;Bacnsos (Qnoy & Gaiiuanl) .1. & G. 



Olivaceous, the silvery lateral stripe less than half the diameter of the 

 eye; scales on back covered with dark dots. Scales all entire. Cleft. 

 of month reaching to nearly opposite eye. .laws equal. Teeth not 

 forming a close band. First dorsal inserted over the front of the anal, 

 nearer the base of the caudal than the snout. Pectoral as long as the 

 head, reaching well past root of ventrals, which reach the vent. Kyo 

 .'I!, ill head. Head 1; depth ">. D. IV-I, 0; A. I, L'lj scales -IO-S. L. 

 .'{ inches. Florida to Mexico and Brazil. Described from a specimen 

 obtained in Saint .John's River, Florida. 



(? Ailiiriini ln-iitilii !/;, M:. M \ A (iainianl, \<>\ . 1'i-an. 1'niss. ::::.': Atlu'rimi bnin'.licnyia 

 Cm. i' \'ai. :., I'.i". : AI!K rinu ',/,'/ I;H Imixtlii HA/.I ( liinl IUT, iii, -JIM.) 



<>3/>. T3. r>rca::is:i!:i' i ( luddc A Bean) J. d <'. 



SiK'eiy >lreak occnp\ ing the loiirlh and upper half of the fifth row 

 ot' scales. !;>< .; to :\.\ iii head, about equal to the snout and the inter- 

 orbital width. Mouth very protractile; lower jaw long, more than 

 one third the length of the head. Scales not described. First dorsal 

 Jin far in advance of the anal Jin, in front of the vent, about midway 



