374 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTUYOLOGY IV. 
590. T. loiis^roslris (Mitcliill) J. & G. — Gar-jinh ; Bill-fish; yccdle-fi/<h. 
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. Head long, flat above, with a 
broad, rather shallow, scajy median groove. Top of head not rugose, 
usually faintly striate. Maxillary rather more than half hidden by the 
ju'eorbital. Teeth moderate; no vomerine teeth. Gill-rakers obsolete. 
Body subcylindrieal, its dei^th less than the length of the pectoral, 
which is about equal to the postorbital part of the head. Yentrals 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; xA. 18. L. 4 feet. Maine 
to Brazil ; verj’ abundant on our xVtlantic coast. It often ascends rivers 
far above tide- water. 
{Esox longirostris 'Mitch. Amer. Month. Mag. ii, 322, 1817: Bcloiie truncata Ee Snenr, 
Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. ii, 126, 1821 : Belone truncata GUuther, vi, 244 : Betone scru- 
tator Grd. U. S. Mcx. Bound. Surv'. Ichth. 30.) 
aa. Caudal peduncle keeled. 
600. T. cxilis (Grd.) J. & G. — Needle-fish. 
Translucent green, silverj^ below; an olivaceous vertebral streak and 
a bluish lateral band; fins plain. Body very slender ; headlong. Ej-e 
more than a third of the postorbital region. Maxillary not neariy 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 fin 
unequally lunate. Scales very small and thin. Head 3J. D. 15; xY. 
17. L. 3 feet. Coast of Califoruia, from Point Concepcion southward; 
abundant. 
{Belone exilis Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 149 : Belone exilis Girard, U. S. 
Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 158: Belone exilis Giiuthcr, vi, 238.) 
182.— SCOiyiBEKESOX Lacdpede. 
Sauries. 
(Sayris Rafinesque: Grammiconotus Costa.) 
(Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, 344, 1803: typo Scomberesox eamperi Cac. =Esox saurus 
Wall).) 
Body elongate, compressed, covered with small, thin, deciduous scales. 
Jaws more or less prolonged, sometimes forming a beak, provided 
