[65] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Family LXXVL— ATHERINID^i:. (C6) 



217.— ATHERINA Liuiueus. (196) 



723. Atherina eriarcha' Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



724. Atherina Carolina Cnv. & Val. S. (G3(j) 



725. Atherina stipes- Miillcr & Troscbel. W. (6:>7) 



726. Atherina areea^ Jordan A- Gilb.-rt. W. 



218.— LEURESTHES Jordan & Gilbert. (1D7) 



727. Leuresthes tenuis Ay res. C. (G38) 



219.— LABIDESTHES Cope. (198) 



728. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Vo. (030) 



220.— MENIDIA Bonaparte. (199) 



729. Menidia laciniata Swain. S. (640) 



730. Menidia vagrans Goode & Bean. S. (641) 



731. Menidia notata Mitchill. N. (642) 



732. Menidia audens Hay. Vs. (6426) 



733. Menidia berylliua Cope. Ve. (643) 



734. Menidia menidia ^ Linnaeus. S. (644) 



735. Menidia peninsulae Goode & Bean. S. (645) 



221.— ATHERINOPSIS Girard. (200) 



736. Atherinopsis califomieusis tiirard. C. (646) 



222.— ATHERINOPS Steindachner. (201) 



737. Athertnops affinis Ayres. C. (647) 



Family LXXVII.— SPHYR^KII)^. (07 ^ 



223.— SPHYRiENA Blocb. (202) 



738. Sphyraena argentea Girard. C. P. (648) 



739. Sphyraena borealis ° De Kay. N. (649) 



740. Sphyrasna guaguanche Cuv. & Val. S. W. (650) 



741. Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider. S. W. (650 h.) 



742. Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



^AtherineVa eriarcha Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 348. Mazailan 

 to Peru. 



-Atherina stipes Miiller & Troschel =z Atherina laticeps Foey ^= Atherina velieaiia 

 Goode & Bean. See Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1884, 116. 



"^Atherina arcea Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 27. Key West. 



^Called Menidia iosci in the Synopsis, pp. 408, 909. 



■* Called Sphijrwna spet in the Synopsis, p. 411. Ours is, however, apparently distinct 

 from the latter species, which is European. 



^Sphj/ro'na ensis Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1881, 106, based on 

 Sphiira^na foi-sieri Steindachner, Ichth. Beitrage, VII, 4, 1878, not SphyrcBna forsteri C. 

 A V. 



Body moderately elongate ; eye 6 to 7 in head ; snout 2J ; pectoral 2J. Pectoral 

 reaching about to front of first dorsal. Veutrals inserted before first dorsal. Canine 

 teeth of lower jaw, palatines, and inner row of premaxillary very large, much as in 

 S. picuda. Maxillary reaching about to front of dorsal. Silvery, darker above, with 

 traces of numerous vague darker cross-bars. Head 4; depth 8 or 9. D. V-1, 9; A. 11. 

 8. Lat. 1. 110. Gulf of California to Panama. 



For a detailed account of our species of this genus, see Meek & Newland, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884. 



