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EngraiiUs vittatus STOREE, Hist. Fish. Mass. pi. XXVII, fig. 3, not descrip- 

 tion on page 1G3. 



Bodv compressed, short and deep, its greatest depth one 

 fourth of the total length without caudal, caudal peduncle 

 short and deep, its least depth one half the length of head. 

 Thickness of body equals three sevenths of length of head. 

 Head rather short, its length two ninths of total without caudal. 

 Snout shorter than eye, which is two sevenths as long as the 

 head. The maxilla extends slightly beyond the hind end of 

 mandible, and nearly to the edge of operculurn. Interorbital 

 distance not quite equal to eye. Gill rakers nearly as long as 

 the eye. Origin of dorsal fin much nearer to base of caudal 

 than to tip of snout. Length of dorsal base equals two thirds 

 of length of head; longest dorsal ray one half as long as head. 

 Anal origin under the middle of dorsal; length of anal base 

 equals two sevenths of total length without caudal; longest 

 anal ray about two thirds as long as the head. Ventral short, 

 in advance of dorsal, its length one third of length of head. 

 Pectoral one eighth of total length without caudal. Width of 

 silvery band about two thirds of eye. Dorsal and anal scaly 

 sheaths very strong. D. ii, 10; A. 28; V. i, 6. Scales 37. Length 

 of specimens examined, 4 inches. Taken at Fire island. 



Cape Cod to Texas, on sandy shores; the most abundant of the 

 New York species. It enters Gravesend bay in May and re- 

 mains till October. Locally known as anchovy and whitebait. 

 An excellent food fish and very important as the food of larger 

 fishes. 



It is very generally distributed in bays along the south shore 

 of Long Island, having been found abundant in Scallop pond, 

 Peconic bay, in Mecox bay, and almost everywhere in Great 

 South bay from July to September 1898. A specimen taken at 

 Fire island had a lernaean parasite attached to it. At Woods 

 Hole Mass. Dr Smith reports it abundant, associated with S. 

 b r o w n i i . 



Family SALIVIOISIIDAE 



Salmons 



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The whitefishes of New York belong to seven species, repre- 

 senting the four divisions of the genus Coregonus. In two 



