100 TELEOSTEI : PERCESOCES. — XIX. 
113. MENIDIA Bonaparte. (An old name, from pyyn, moon.) 
a. Scales entire; soft D. and A. naked. 
6. Anal rather long, its rays I, 22, to I, 25. 
247. M. notata (Mitchill). Common Sitversipe. Friar. 
Body slender; transparent green; scales speckled. Head 5; 
depth 6. D.IV-I, 8. Scales 46-10. L.5. Maine to Va., very 
common N. (Lat., marked.) 
bb. Anal rather short, I, 15, to I, 18. 
248. M. beryllina (Cope). First D. over vent, nearer base C. 
than snout. Head 44; depthé6. D. “V-JI, 11.” L. 24. Poto- 
mac R., only the type known. (Lat., beryl-color.) 
aa. Scales with ragged edges especially on back; soft D. and A. scaly. 
249. M. laciniata Swain. Green; back with dark points form- 
ing streaks along rows of scales. Head 43; depth 54. D. IV-I,8. 
A. I, 19 tol, 21. Scales 50-7. L.5. Va. to S. C.; probably a 
var. i M. vagrans Goode & Bean, 8S. C. to Texas, which has A. 1, 
14 to I, 18. (Lat., gashed.) 
114. LABIDESTHES Cope. (Aafis, a pair of forceps; 
écGiw, to eat.) 
250. L. sicculus Cope. Brook Sitversipe. Translucent 
green, back dotted; silver band very distinct; body very slender ; 
scales entire. Head 44; depth 6. D.IV-I,11. A.I, 23. Lat. 1. 
75. L. 34. Mich. to Perdido Bay and Kans., abundant in quiet 
waters; a most graceful little fish. (Lat., dry, 7. e. found in half- 
dry pools.) 
Famity XLVI. SPHYRAENIDA. (THe Barracupas.) 
Body elongate, subterete, with small, cycloid scales. Head very 
long, pointed ; mouth large, with unequal teeth, some of them very 
large ; lower jaw projecting, a very strong tooth at tip; gill rakers 
obsolete; gill openings wide ; lateral line present; air-bladder 
large; P. short; V. I, 5. Dorsals separate, the first with 5 stout 
spines; A. with one spine; C. forked; vertebra 24. One genera 
with 15 species; voracious pike-like fishes of warm seas, some of 
them very large, all excellent as food. 
115. SPHYRZNA (Artedi) Bloch. (Ancient name, from 
opipa, hammer.) 
a. Scales small, 130 to 150 in lateral line. 
251. S. borealis DeKay. Lirrte Barracupa. Olivaceous, 
silvery below ; young with dusky blotches; P. not nearly reaching 
D.; maxillary not nearly to eye. Head 3; depth 8. D. V-I, 9. 
A.I,9. L.12. Cape Cod to Va., not rare N. (Lat., northern.) 
