Jordan and Evermami. — Fishes of North America. 711 



compressed, deeper than broad, without keel, the lateral line not black. 

 Head Hat above, with deep, scaly median sijroove; maxillary hidden by 

 the preorbital. Jaws long and slender, the upper from eye nearly twice 

 rest of head; mouth closing completely. Teeth moderate, wide-set; 

 scales and bones not green. Eye equal to interorbital space, 2i in post- 

 orbital part of head. Pectoral as long as postorbital part of head ; ven- 

 trals very small, placed midway between axil and base of caudal; cau- 

 dal slightly lunate, the lobes subequal. Color pale greenish, with silvery 

 stripe ; tips of vertical fins brick red in life. Length about 20 inches. 

 West Indies, north to Pensacola, common about Key West; easily known 

 by its few fin-rays, (notatufi, marked.) 



Belone notata, Poet, Memorias, ii, 293, 1860, Havana; GCntheb, Cat., vi, 248, 18G0; Goode & 



Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 151. 

 Tylosums nolaliis, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 373, 1883; Jordan & Fordice, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1886,345. 



1050. TYLOSrBUS SCAPULARIS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 2*; depth 6| ; eye 2^ in postorbital part of head. D. 14; A. 15; 

 scales 215. Body slender, subterete. Caudal peduncle compressed, with- 

 out keel ; jaws slender, twice length of rest of head. Scales small, 145 to 

 150 before dorsal ; maxillary not whollyconcealed by preorbital. Greenish ; 

 a bluish-silvery lateral band, which is broadened below dorsal ; a con- 

 8]3icuou8 round, dark blotch above pectoral. Length H feet. Panama; 

 rather scarce, {scapula, shoulder, which has a dark spot.) 

 Tylosm-Ks scapularis, Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. II. S. Fish Comni., i, 1881, 307, Panama. (Tj-pe 



Nos. 29427, 29435, and 29438. Coll. Gilbert.) IhUl, ii, 1882, 109; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1885, 370. 



1051, TYLOSl'KUS TIMUCU (Walbaum). 

 (TiMucr; Peixe Agulha.) 

 Head 2^ ; depth 7 ; eye moderate, 2i to 2f in postorbital part of head. 

 Scales small, 225, about 150 before dorsal. D. 15; A. 17. Body very 

 slender, subterete ; caudal peduncle not keeled ; ventrals inserted nearer 

 cheeks than base of caudal. No distinct temporal notch ; maxillary 

 not entirely concealed. Scales and bones not gi'een. Greenish; a silvery- 

 bluish lateral band, widened below dorsal; no scapular spot. Length li 

 feet. Florida Keys to Brazil; not rare ; our specimens from Key West, 

 Cuba, and Bahia. 



TiimtcH or Peixe (.ujullia, Marcgrave, Pise. Brasil., 108, 1648, Brazil. 



Esox limucit, Walbaui.. Artedi Pisr., ni, 88, 1792, Brazil; after Tiinurii of Marcgrave. 



Belone snhtruncata, PotY, Memorias, ir, 295, 1860, Havana. 



Belotie depream, Poey, Memorias, , 29G, 1860, Havana. 



Tylosums sayiUa, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 25, Key West. (Tj-pe, No. 



34965. Coll. Jordan.) 

 Tylosums subb-uncalHs, Jordan ct Fordice, I. c, 346. 



1052. TYLOSURUS EURYOPS, Bean & Dresel. 



(Long-jaw.) 

 D. 15; A. 17; scales 200. Close to Tylosurutt timucu, but the body less 

 slender, the depth (J in head, which is about S in body ; eye larger, 2,', in 

 postorbital part of head; a distinct notch on temporal ridge close 



