548 coNTimuTK.xs TO NORTH AMI.KICAX ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



usually an outer scries <.f larger teeth in each jaw, ami 2-4 stronger teeth 

 01 canines in the front of the upper jaw; vomer with villiform teeth; villi- 

 torm teeth <>n the palatines and in one or more patches on the tongue ; 

 preoj icrcle sometimes with a notch posteriorly, into which a knob on the 

 interoperde lits (Diacopc)j posterior limb of preopercle finely serrate; 

 gill-rakers moderate, strong: branchiostegais ?; vertical fins not much 

 scaly: dorsal spines lO-li'; caudal lunate or forked. Vertebra} 10 + 14. 

 Species very numerous, in all warm seas. (Luljang, the Japanese or 

 Malayan name of some of the species.) 



i Caudal tin deeply forked, the lobes attenuate. (Ocyurua* Gill.) 



861. L,. mcSanurus (L.) J. & G. 



Olivaceous, with oblique streaks above the lateral line, and some 

 shiii'ng golden longitudinal bauds on the side; no axillary spot nor 

 lateral blotch ; fins chiefly yellow, the caudal not black. Body elongate, 

 compressed; head pointed; lower jaw prominent; upper canines well 

 developed; preopercle without distinct notch; maxillary reaching to 

 front of pupil; eye large, nearly as long as snout, 3 in head: top of 

 head with a sharp keel; spines rather slender; pectorals reaching past 

 tips of ventrals; anal spines graduated, short; caudal deeply forked, 

 inner ra\> less than half the length of the outer. Head 3; depth 

 ;3. D.X,13: A. III. '.); Lat. 1. 51. West Indies, north to Florida. 



i l',rni iiH-liiiiin-ti L. S\M. N:it. ( after ( 'atesl>v) : SpOTUS ohrySUTlU l.lorh, lehtli. tat". 2<'rJ : 

 M "/>nit i-li ri/Kiiritx Cuv. A \":il. il. I.V.I : M, *i>/>ri<i <'in-i/nnrnx ( ii'mtlier, i, 180 : Ocyunts 

 in' 'mi urns Goode, Proc. I". S. Nat. Mi is. 1871), 114.) 



aa. Caudal tin lunnt.-. 



h. Vnmrrinf trdh t'liriiiin^ a cross-shaped or anchor-shaped patch; canines well 

 developed. 



BJ. caxis i I'.lnrli A- Sclin.) Poey. Y<lli>iii ; C.ray Snapjn r. 



(ireenish olive, each scale with a brown spot, these sometimes con- 

 tl i-'iit. jorming narrow bands extending likewise across the vertical 

 tins; usually a narrow bine stripe on preorbital and cheeks; youu- 

 s met hues barred and wit h the lins dark-edged : no lateral blotch. Snout 

 long and sharp : month i ..... Icratc. maxillary reaching front of pupil ; eye 

 . >horter than snout, :\\ in head. Cheeks with about rows of 

 scales; preopercle with a slight notch at the tip of the interopercle ; 

 teeth strong; canines in upper jaw well developed; tongue with a siu- 



-i-ill. Pme. Arad. Nat. Sri. 1'hila. l-f,j. ::;>; ixj,,- Spirit* <-hn/uru8 Bloch. 

 ui-in't. tail.) 



