1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNI'J'ED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 351 



12. Tylosunis marinus. Commou Gar-fish, Bill-fish, or Needle-fish. 



Bill-fish, Schopf, Schrift. Gesellsch. Naturf. Freunde, viii, 177, 1788 (Long 



Island). 

 Usox Idone var. marinus Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichthyol., 1801, 391 



(description erroneous; after Schopf). 

 Tylosunis marinus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 901; Jordan & 



Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1S82, 387 (Charleston) ; Bean, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mns., 1883, 366 (Havre de Grace) ; Jordan & Swain., Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mns., 1884, 231 (Cedar Key, Fla.) ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 188.'S, 59 ; 



Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1885 (Beaufort). 

 JEsox longirostris Mitchill, Am. Monthly Mag., ii, 1818, 322 (Hudson E.). 

 Belone longirosiris Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A., 1861, 38; Jordan & 



Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1878, 368 (Neuse E., N. C); Jordan & 



GUhert, 1. c., 1878, 383 (Beaufort, N. C.) ; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 



1879, 31 (Kiel Bay); Goode, 1. c. 1879, 116 (St. John's Eiver, Florida); 



Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 150 (Pensacola) ; Bean, 1. c, 1880, 

 • 103 (Noank, Conn. ; Wood's Holl, Mass.). 

 Tylosurus longirostris Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 374. 

 Belone truncata Le Sueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. PLila., i, 126, 1821 (New York 



Market; Philadelphia Market; Newport Market); Storer, Eept. Fish. 



Mass., 1839, 98 (Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard) ; De Kay, New York 



Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 227, pi. 35, f. 112; Storer, Syncpsis, 1846, 186; 



Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xviii, 422 (New York; Phila- 

 delphia; Newport; New Orleans). 

 Belone truncata GUnther, vi, 1866, 244 (New Orleans ; In part; other localities 



mentioned, "Jamaica," " Bahia," "Demerara," prohahly helong to T. 



ahneida). 

 Belone scrutator, Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Snrv., Ichth., 30, pi. 13, f. 1, 



1859 (Brazos Santiago; Saint Joseph's Island, Texas). 



Habitat. — Atlautic Coast of the Uuited States, from Cape Cod to 

 Northern Florida and Texas, ascending all the rivers. 



Head, 24; depth, 5J (in head); breadth at pectorals, 7J in head. D. 

 1. 15, A. 1. 17. Scales, 300; 240 series before dorsal. Length (3646; 

 Beaufort, ]^. C), 22 inches. 



Body rather slender, not at all compressed ; almost as broad as deep 

 medially ; caudal peduncle depressed, broader than deep, the lateral 

 line passing into a slight elevated ridge or keel, which is not black. 



Jaws slender, long; the ujiper jaw, from eye, contained 4J times in 

 length, and 2 times length of rest of head. Mouth not capable of being 

 completely closed, there being a very slight arch of base of upper 

 mandible. Eye moderate, proportionately larger in adult specimens, 

 about 1^ in interorbital width, 2^ to 2^ in postorbital part of head and 

 7 in snout. 



Teeth rather large ; about 30 of the large teeth in the outer row on 

 each side of each jaw, the small teeth between and outside of these un- 

 usually large and conspicuous. 



Bones and scales more or less green. 



Maxillary not nearly concealed by the preorbital. 



Interorbital area with a broad, shallow scaly depression, which has 

 a rather broad median ridge. Superciliary and temporal ridges mod- 



