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anal ray ; second ray of pectoral tin divided. Dorsal fin low, its insertion 
nearly oi)posite front of anal. II(.*ad 4; depth 0. D. 11; A. 9; scales 
C-52-3. Xortli Atlantic ; occasional on our coast. 
(??Cuv. A: Viil. Hist. Nat. Poias. xix, 101 ; said to have a black blotch on the upper 
part of the base of the tail, recalling the coloratiou of species of Sar(ju«, a feature not 
noticed by us on any of our llyiug-lish.) 
611. E. CXBlioilS Giuelin. 
Bluish above, silvery below, sides with five broad, transverse bars; 
l)ectorals and ventrals irregularly banded and blotched with blue and 
black. Body very slender; snout short, i length of head. Dorsal and 
anal fins similar and opposite. Ventrals inserted slightly behind the 
middle oBthe body; pectorals 1§ in length of body; second ray of pec- 
torals extending beyond the membrane in a si)ine-like process. Yen- 
trals 3 in length. Head G in total length with caudal. D. 12 ; A. 12. 
Lat. 1. 48. {Goode.) Atlantic Ocean; a small species, possibly the 
young of some other. 
(GmclLu, Syst. Nat. i, 1400, 1788 ; Giiather, vi, 291 ; Goodo, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 
6-L) 
186.— CYPSEEEKUS Sw.ainson. 
Bearded FJying-Jislies. 
{Cypsilurus Swaiuson, Classification of Fishes, 1839, 29G: typo Exocmtiis nuttaJH Lo 
Sueur.) 
This genus differs from Exocoetus in the presence of one or more bar- 
bels or cutaneous appendages of delicate texture on the tip of the man- 
dible. The si)ecies are all of small size, and it is possible that in some 
of them these appendages are lost with age. {/.(jipG.oq^ a swift or swal- 
low; oo/ni,' tail.) 
612. C. fiimitws (Mitch.) Weiiiland. 
Barbels 2, ribbon-like, usually little if any longer than the eye. Eye 
large, narrower than the broadly, slightlj^ concave, interocular space. 
Adult nearly i)lain ; young with three broad, black bands across the 
belly in front of the ventrals; operculum and i)ectorals marbled with 
black; lower caudal lobe with three blackish cross bands; posterior 
part of ventral Jnd lower purt of anal black. Ventrals and pectorals 
reaching past base of caudal; ventrals inserted nearer the root of the 
caudal than the snout ; dorsal very high, higher than the body, the 
longest rays not reaching the caudal. Anal not low. Head 4 in 
