530 TYPES OF FISHES IN PARIS MUSEUM. 



other of the .slender ones. The uanie brasiiiemis should therefore be 

 disiegarded as unidentilied. 



This species seems to correspond to the "southern variety of Belone 

 truncata^^ { = TyIo,siirns warinii.s) mentioned by Dr. Giinther (vi, 245). 

 The original description of Belone almcifla, Qnoy «S: Gaimard, is wholly 

 valueless, but as its types were among the original types of B. timucu, 

 C & v., and therefore presumably identical with the specimen noted 

 above, we may retain for this species or variety the name of Tylosurus 

 ALMEIDA. • 



The types of Belone cigoiicUa, ardeola, gerania^ and galeata, if exist- 

 ing, cannot now be found in the Museum. 



13. Belone scolopacina. (Ouv. &. Val., xviii, 428, 184G.) 



Small specimens in bad condition from Rio de la Mana, Cayenne. 

 Leschenault and Doumerc. 



These belong apparently to the species described by Dr. Giinther as 

 Belone ttvniata. The i)Oor condition of the specimen has led Valenci- 

 ennes to make a gross miscount of the tin-rays, the dorsal having ai)pa- 

 rently 20 rays, at any rate more than 25, and the anal apparently 25, 

 certainly uiore than 20. Valenciennes says, " J>. 14, A. 17." The Be- 

 lone guianensis Schombnrgk is said by Steindachuer to be the same as 

 the Belone tccniata. As this name (1842) has priority over that of scol- 

 opacina the species may stand as Potamorrhaphis GtUianensis. 



14. Atheriiia martinica. ((.'uv. & Viil.. x, 45t>, is:?').) 



Three specimens in fair condition from IMartinique ; Plee. 



A sijecies of Men id ia. 



Scales strongly laciniate. Soft dorsal and anal naked (possibly scaly 

 in life? ). Teeth rather strong. Pectorals long, extending past base of 

 ventrals. Eye large, as long as snout, 3^- in head. nead4|- in length; 

 depth, 5^. D. V-1, 7; A. 1, 21. Scales, 43. 



This species is very close to Menidia laciniata Swain, and may prove 

 to be the same. It should stand as Menidia martinica. 



15. Atherina boscii. (Cuv. & Vul., x, 465, 1835.) 

 "Etat.s-Unis"5 LeConte. 



Scales entire; anal fin scaleless. Body comparatively elongate. 

 Teeth strerug. Insertion of spinous dorsal midway between front of 

 eye and upper base of caudal. 



Head 4t in length ; depth G. D. IV-1, 8 ; A. 1, 26. Scales 43. 



This agrees entirely' with a specimen before us from Beaufort, North 

 Carolina, belonging to the species called by me Menidia menidia. 



16. Mugil brasiliensis A-russiz. 



The figure given of this si)ecies by Agassiz (iu Spix Pise. Brasil, tab. 

 72) agrees rather with Mugil liza C. & V. than with Mugil tricliodon 

 Poey, in color and in size. The anal tin is represented as scaly, which 

 it is not in Mugil liza. \\'eare infornuHl, however, by Dr. Spangenberg 



