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eye; scales above with spots along their edges, so that their outlines 
are clearly defined ; chin speckled. Scales with entire edges. Eye large, 
.‘3.1 in head, about as long as the snout. Jaws equal. First dorsal larger 
than in JF. bosci, inserted in front of the anal, over the vent, about mid- 
Avay between snout and base of caudal. Distance between dorsals § 
length of head. Pectoral scarcely shorter than head, reaching past base 
of ventrals, which do not reach the vent or the front of the dorsal. 
Eody slenderer, and more compressed than in ill. bosci. Teeth in few 
series, some of them larger. Head 5; depth G. D. I\-I, 8; A. I, 23; 
scales 4G-1(). L. 5 inches. Atlantic coast of United States, chiefly 
northward; abundant. 
{Aiherina notata Mitchill, Trans. Tit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1814, 446: Aiheriva nofala 
Dedcay, New York Fauna, Fish. 141: Atherina menidia Cuv. et Val. x, 462: Chirostonui 
noiatum of most recent writers.) 
rfS, bea-yBlifisa (Cope) .1. A G. 
Palo olive, with a silver band on 2 J rows of scales. Body stouter than 
usual. First dorsal far in advance of second, inserted over the vent, 
slightly nearer base of caudal than snout. Eye large, 3 in head. .Man- 
dible slightly projecting. Scales not described. Head 4;^; dejtth G. 
D. V-I, It; A. I, 18. L. 21- inches. Potomac liiver. {Cope.) 
{Ch'.rostoma heryllaium Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1866,403.) 
61 1. ba’asiaaeassas (Qnoy &. Gaimard) J. & G. 
Olivaceous, the silvery lateral stripe less than half the diameter of the 
eye ; scales on back covered with dark dots. Scales all entire. Olelt 
of moutli reaching to nearly opposite eye. Jaws equal. Teeth not 
forming a close band. First dorsal inserted over the front of the anal, 
nearer the base of the candal than the snout. Pectoral as long as the 
head, reaching well past root of ventrals, which reach the vent. Eye 
3;!^ in head. Head 4; depth 5. D. IV-I, 9; A. 1,21; scales 40-8. L. 
3 inches. Florida to Mexico and Brazil. Described from a specimen 
obtained in Sednt John’s River, Florida. 
C AiJuriDa hranUievsis Qnoj & Gaimard, Voy. Uran. Poiss. 33*2: Atherina braslliensis 
Cuv. A: A'al. x, 467: Alhcrinichllnjs hrafsiliensits Giinther, iii, 404.) 
615. in. ipcBaaosscaEse (Goode & Bean) .1. & G. 
Silvery streak occupying the fourth and upper half of the fifth row 
of scales. Eye 3 to 3.1 in head, about equal to the snout and the inter- 
orbital width. Mouth very protractile; lower jaw long, more than 
one-third the length of the head. Scales not described. First dor.sal 
fin far in advance of* the an.il fin, in front of the vent, about midway 
