150 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Taile of Measurements — Coutiuued. 

 Species : Ohirostoma peninsulce. 



Current number of specimen. 

 I/)cality 



Extreme length 



Length to origin of middle caudal rays 



Body : 



ifireatest heiglit 



Greatest width 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Greatest width 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of postorbital portion of head. 



Length of upper jaw 



Length of mandible 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of longest spine 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of antecedent spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external fays 



Pectoral ; 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows of scales 



21,481 a. 

 Pensacola, Fla. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



V,I,8 

 L16 



+17+ 



L12 



1,5 



38 



lOOths of 

 length. 



19 

 10 

 18 

 9 



24 



7i 

 O' 

 10 

 6 

 9 

 7 



70 

 11 



5 

 13 

 13 



6 



64 

 20 



5J 

 1» 

 13 



7 



11 

 21 



24 

 19 



43 

 12 



21,481 b. 

 Pensacola, Pla. 



MilU- 

 metres. 



V,L9 

 1,15 



4-17+ 



L12 



1,5 



39 



lOOths of 

 length. 



19 

 lOJ 



18 i 



25 

 11 



^ 



13 



14i 



13 



32. BELONID^. 



73. Belone longirostris (Mitchill) Gill. — Needle-fish. 



A single specimen, No. 21,469, 20f inches in length. D. 15 j A. 18. 



A specimen, No. 21,288, from the St. John's Elver, G. Brown Goode, 

 has the following radial formula : D. 14 ; A. 18. Others from the same 

 source have, No. 19,076: D. 16; A. 19; and No. 18,441: D. 16; A. 19. 



Dr. Giinther's ^atement that the number of dorsal and anal rays in 

 southern siiecimens is less than in those from the north seems scarcely 

 tenable. 



