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eye ; scales above with spots along their edges, so that their outliues 

 are clearly defined; chin speckled. Scales with entire edges. Eye large, 

 3i in head, about as long as the snout. Jaws equal. First dorsal larger 

 than in 31. hosci, inserted in front of the anal, over the vent, about mid- 

 way between snout and base of caudal. Distance between dorsals % 

 length of head. Pectoral scarcely shorter than head, reaching past base 

 of ventrals, which do not reach the vent or the front of the dorsal. 

 Body slenderer, and more compressed than in M. hosci. Teeth in few 

 series, some of them larger. Head 5; depth 6. D. lY-I, 8; A. I, 23; 

 scales 4G-10. L. 5 inches. Atlantic coast of United States, chiefly 

 northward; abundant. 



{Allieriaa notata Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and PhU. Soc. N. Y. 1814, 446: Atherina notaia 

 Dek.iy, Now York Fauna, Fish. 141: Atherina menidia Cuv. et Val. x, 4G2: Chlrostoma 

 noiatum of modt recent writers.) 



643. M. beo-yOlina (Cope) J. & G. 



Pale olive, with a silver band on 2.J rows of scales. Body stouter than 

 usual. First dorsal far in advance of second, inserted over the vent, 

 sligbtlj* nearer base of caudal than snout. Eye large, 3 in head. Man- 

 dible slightly projecting. Scales not described. Head 44-; depth C. 

 D. Y-I, 11; A. I, 18. L. 2h inches. Potomac Eiver. {Cope.) 



{Chlrostoma hcryllinum Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. Ib56, 403.) 



6S4. M, brasJiBensis (Quoy & Gaimard) J. & G. 



Olivaceous, the silvery lateral strii)e less than half the diameter of the 

 eye ; scales on back covered with dark dots. Scales all entire. Cleft 

 of mouth reaching to nearly opposite eye. Jaws equal. Teeth not 

 forming a close band. First dorsal inserted over the front of the anal, 

 nearer the base of the caudal than the snout. Pectoral as long as the 

 head, reaching well past root of ventrals, which reach the vent. Eye 

 Skinhead. Head 4; depth 5. D. I V-I, 9; A. I, 21; scales 40-8. L. 

 3 inches. Florida to Mexico and Brazil. Described from a specimen 

 obtained in Saint John's River, Florida. 



{^Atherina brasiliensis Quoy & Gairuard, Voy. Uran. Poiss. 832 : Atherina braslUensis 

 Cuv. & Val. zi, 407: Athcrlnichtliys hranilicnsis Giinther, iii, 404.) 



6 J 5. H. p«BaaiiBSE3Bse (Goodc & Bean) J. & G. 



Silvery streak occupying the fourth and upper half of the fifth row 

 of scales. Eye 3 to 3i in head, about equal to the snout and the inter- 

 orbital width. Mouth very protractile; lower jaw long, more than 

 one-third the length of the head. Scales not described. First dorsal 

 fin far in advance of the an.il fin, in front of the vent, about midway 



