66. ATHERINID^E LEUEESTIIES. 
405 
cc. Teetli in bands. 
d. Jaws produced in a short beak Labidesthes, 198. 
dd. Jaws not produced, the lower short Menidia, 199. 
aa. Premaxillaries not truly protractile (skin of the iiremaxillaries niesially continu- 
ous with that of the forehead). 
e. Teeth in villiforai bands Atiierixopsis, 200, 
ee. Teeth in a single series, each one bicuspid Athekixops, 201. 
196.— ATBIEKSIVA Liuuujus. 
Friars. 
(Linnaeus, Syst. Jiat. xii, 17GG : type Aiherina hepsetus L.) 
Body oblong, compressed. Mouth large, terminal, oblique j jaws 
about equal, their edges nearly straight ; maxillary extending to the 
front of the eye. Premaxillaries narrow posteriorly, anteriorly protrac- 
tile. Villiform teeth in bands on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Species 
numerous, mostly European, the ancient name, from dOrjp., a 
barb or spike, from the form of body or the numerous bones; possibly 
from dOepC'ety, to despise, from their diminutive size.) 
636. A. caroJBfiia Cuv. & Yal. 
Yer}" similar to the European A. Jiejjsetas, but with the head smaller 
and the body slenderer. Depth in total length, with caudal. D. 
YIII-I, 12; A. I, 15. L. 4 inches. South Carolina ; not seen by recent 
writers. {Cuv. tD Val.) 
(Cuv. & Val. X, 445, 1835.) 
63T. A. veSiaaia Goode & Bean. 
Snout obtuse, top of head broad and very flat ; cleft of mouth some- 
what oblique; jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending beyond front 
of orbit. Teeth very small in the jaws and on the vomer. The silvery 
band occupies the third row of scales, its width less than half the diame- 
ter of the eye. Diameter of orbit contained twice in length of head, 
greater than iuterorbital width and more than twice the length of the 
snout. Spinous dorsal beginning behind the vertical from the tips of 
the ventral fins. Dead 33 in length; depth 4§. D. Y-T, 9; A. I, 10; 
Lat, 1. 3G ; L. transv. G.}. ( Goode & Bean.) Clear Water Harbor, Florida. 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 342, 1879.) 
197.— EEUKESTEIES Jordan & Gilbert. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 29: type Ailierinopsis tenuis Ayres.) 
This genus agrees with 2[enidia in eveiy respect, except that the teeth 
are obsolete. But one species is certainly known. smooth ; 
UOiw, to eat.) 
63§. E. teasnais (Ayres) J. & G. 
Clear h 3 ’aline green, with the lateral silvery streak very distinct, 
wider than ej’e, on 1^ rows of scales; edges of scales above bordered by 
