374 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



599. T. loiifjirostris (Mitchill) J. & G. Gar-fifth ; Bill-fisli ; X 



Olive green above, silvery below; a silvery lateral stripe; a dark 

 spot above root of pectoral; fins nearly plain. Free portion of tail 

 moderately depressed, not keeled. Plead long, flat above, with a 

 broad, rather shallow, scaly median groove. Top of head not rugose, 

 usually faintly striate. Maxillary rather more than half hidden by the 

 preorbital. Teeth moderate; no voinerine teeth. Gill-rakers obsolete. 

 Body snbcylindrical, its depth less than the length of* the pectoral, 

 which is about equal to the postorbital part of the head. Ventrals a 

 little nearer the head than the caudal ; dorsal and anal somewhat fal- 

 cate; caudal fin truncate, or slightly emarginate. Scales thin and 

 small, deciduous. Head 2*; snout 4. D. 15; A. 18. L. 4 feet. Maine 

 to Brazil; very abundant on our Atlantic coast. It often ascends rivers 

 far above tide- water. 



(Esox longirostris Mitch. AIIHT. Month. Mag. ii, 322, 1817: Belone truncata Le Sueur, 

 Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. ii, 1 ','('>, H'Jl : Btlone truncata Guuther, vi, 244: Belone scru- 

 tator Grd. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichth. 30.) 



aa. Caudal peduncle keeled. 



. 



600. T. CXilis (Grd.) J. & G.Xecdlc-fsh. 



Translucent green, silvery below ; an olivaceous vertebral streak and 

 a bluish lateral band; fins plain. Body very slender ; headlong. Eye 

 more than a third of the postorbital region. Maxillary not nearly all 

 hidden by the narrow preorbital. Top of head flattish, with a broad 

 scaly groove. Pectoral fin shorter than postorbital part of head, its 

 length more than greatest depth of body; ventrals short, a little nearer 

 head than caudal; dorsal and anal falcate, rather low, the anal begin- 

 ning before dorsal and ending in front of its last ray; caudal lin 

 unequally lunate. Scales very small and thin. Uead 3. D. lf>; A. 

 17. L. 3 feet. Coast of California, from Point Conrepcion southward; 

 abundant. 



(Belom vsin <;ir.-ird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. IMiila. Ls'.l, 149: Iklone exilis Girard, U. S. 



K. K. Surv. 1'Uh. l.V: lit lone cxilis Giinthrr, vi, 



182. SCO.HKEKESOX 



Sauries. 



(S(iyrin RalinrMiuc : (irtniiiiiifniiotua Co.sta.) 



(Lac6pi'dc, Hist. N'at. 1'niss. v, :U4, l-n:5: lyjin Soomberesox camperilMO.=E90X aeturus 

 Walb.) 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with small, thin, deciduous scales. 

 Jaws more or less prolonged, sometimes forming a beak, provided 



