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rays. C. A. yellowish towards their margin — the latter brightest an- 

 teriorly; V. white, tinged with yellow; P. brownish anteriorly. Iris 

 silvery. Length, 5 inches. 



This species was very abundant in the edge of the surf on the beach, 

 moving about slowly in small schools. Occasionally they were seen 

 in great numbers in the small slues running up into the beach, where 

 several bushels were frequently taken in a sweep of ten yards with a 

 seine eight feet long. They are most delicious as a pan-lish, and give 

 very little trouble to fit them for cooking, not requiring scaling and 

 scarcely gutting. The only preparation needed is to cut off the head 

 a little obliquely, which will remove all the intestines. 



23. LiCHiA spiNOSA, Baird. 



The spinalis Dory. 



Lichia spinosa, Baird. — Trachinotus spi/iosus, DeKa}^ New York Fauna, 

 Fishes, 117, plate xix, fig. 53. 



Similar in colors to the L. Carolina. The anterior 3'^ellow of the dor- 

 sal and anal is, however, brighter — even gamboge yellow ; basal half 

 of the anal, dusky; ventrals, chalk white, yellow anteriorly. Length, 

 2i inches. 



Caught in verv small numbers with L. Carolina. 



24. Caranx chrysos, Cuv. and Val. 



The ijeMow Caranx — Yellow Mackerel. 



Caranx chrysos, Cuv. and Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. IX, 97. — DeKay, 

 New York Fauna, Fishes, 121, plate xxvii, fig. 85. . 



Sides bright wax color, becoming olivaceous along the back ; a 

 darker tinge ot" yellow on the cheek and operculum than elsewhere. 

 In some lights there is a violet reflection on the back. A black spot 

 on the upper part of the posterior edge of the operculum. Dorsals, 

 dark olive green, dusky along the margin ; C. dark wax yellow at the 

 base, then lighter yellow — the tips blackish brown; A. dark wax yel- 

 low, the margin and spinous portion opaque white; V. white, yellow- 

 ish centrally; P. greenish yellow. Length, S^ inches. 



Only one specimen of this fish w^as seen during my stay. It Wcis 

 caught in the bay with a hook. A fev^ more were found among the 

 porgees at Greenport, Long Island. 



