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4.6. Eye in head 4.0 to 4.7; snout 4.1 to 4.5; interorbital 5.2 to 6.0; maxillary 1.75 

 to 1.9; caudal peduncle 3.8 to 3.9. D. 13; A. 13; P. 17; V. 8 or 9. The abdominal 

 ventrals are inserted under the origin of the dorsal, and the maxillary almost 

 reaches the posterior margin of the eye. The luminescent organs are confined to 

 the ventral surface of the body. 



This species is reported from all temperate and warm seas. S. F. H. 



Family BELONIDAE. Houndfishes; Needlefishes 



Strongylura Van Hasselt, 1824 



As Strongylura has priority over Tylosurus, long used for most of the Ameri- 

 can houndfishes, the former properly replaces the latter. I see no sound reason 

 for separating into two genera the species formerly included in Tylosurus, as in 

 Jordan, Evermann, and Clark (Check list, 1930, p. 195). Accordingly the Tor- 

 tugas species herein are all listed under Strongylura. S. F. H. 



Strongylura notata (Poey) 



Young up to 175 mm. in length were taken commonly with Hepsetia stipes, 

 west of Loggerhead Key and in brackish pools on Long Key. 



D. 13 or 14; A. 13 or 14. Distinguishable from other Tortugas species by stout 

 body and absence of caudal keels. Color pale greenish. Faint trace of reddish 

 color on tips of vertical fins. The eye is below the upper margin of the silver on 

 the side and is like tinsel in appearance except for a dusky area just above the 

 pupil. W. H. L. 



Breder (Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 435, 1932, p. 3) listed this species from 

 Tortugas and referred to it as "a shore-loving form." 

 Florida to West Indies. S. F. H. 



Strongylura longleyi Breder 



Strongylura longleyi Breder, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 435, 1932, p. 12, text fig. 5, B; 

 pi. 2, fig. 1; pi. 3, fig. 5; pi. 9 — Tortugas, Florida. 



No mention of this species was found among Dr. Longley's notes. The fol- 

 lowing enumerations and proportions are given in the original description, based 

 on the type, which had a length of 320 mm., standard length 300 mm.: Head 2.9. 

 Depth in postorbital part of head 1.6; eye 1.8; width of head 1.3; interorbital 2.0; 

 width of body 1.4; pectoral 0.9; ventral 1.6; lower caudal lobe 0.8. Snout in head 

 1.4; dorsal base 3.4; anal base 2.8. D. 13; A. 18; scales about 160, before dorsal 

 about 130. The head was described as broad and flat above, its depth being con- 

 tained in its width 1.1 times. 



The type was greenish above, silvery below, with an indistinct lateral stripe; 

 keel of peduncle bluish black; fins slightly dusky; opercle with a suggestion of a 

 dark bar. 



Breder also had 10 paratypes, 71 to 305 mm. long, and 2 young, 34 and 39 mm. 

 long, questionably referred to this species. The fish apparently is distinguished 



