406 ATHEEINLDiE. 



12. Atherinichthys menidia. 



8ilver-fish. 



Atherina menidia, L. Sxjst. i. p. 519 ; Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 462 ; Dekay, 



New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 142. pi. 74. fig. 236. 

 viridescens, Mitch, Lit. Sf Phil. Trans. New York, i. p. 447. 



D. 5 I i-. A. ^. Vert. 44. 



The spinoTis dorsal is above the commencement, the soft abave the 

 middle of the anal fin. The height of the body is contained seven 

 times in the total length, the length of the head five times and a half; 

 the length of the pectoral equals the height of the body. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



13. Atherinichthys notata. 



Small Silver-side. 



Atherina menidia, Lac^p. v. p. 376 ; Cnot L.\ 



notata, 31{tch. Lit. ^Phil. Trans. New York, i. p. 446. pi. 4. fig. 6 ; 



Dekay, Netc York Fauna, Fishes, p. 141. pi. 28. fig. 88. 

 boscii, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 465 ; Storer, Massach. Report, p. 62. 



D. 5 I i.. A. i. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 9. 



The spinous dorsal fin is above the commencement, the soft a Ijttle 

 behind the middle of the anal fin. The height of the body is one- 

 sixth of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth ; the length 

 of the pectoral fin equals the height of the body. The silvery streal 

 occupies the fourth and the adjoining part of the fifth series of scales. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



Perhaps identical with A. menidia, 



a. Adult. 



14. Atherinichtliys califoniiensis. 

 The Smelt. 



Atherinopsis califomiensis, Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vii. 

 1854, pp. 134, 141, 151, and in Jmirn. Bost. Sac. Nat. Hist. vi. 1857, 

 pi. 24. figa. 1-4, and in U. S. Padf. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 103. 

 r.1. 22 c. 

 Atnerina storeri, (Ayres) Girard in Pr^c. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1856, 

 p. 136. 



B. 6. D. 7 I 13. A. ^. L. transv. 13. 



'I%e origin of the spinous dorsal is opposite to the end of the ven- 

 trals. The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length, 

 the length of the head one-sixth. The diameter of the eye is con- 

 tained four and a half times in the length of the head. (Oir.) 



Coast of California. 



15. Atherinichthys nigrans. 

 Atherina nigrans, Richards. Ann. Sr May. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 180, 

 D. 5 1 3^. A.^. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 10. 

 The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, the length 



