NOVA SCOTIA ICHTHYOLOGY.—HONEYMAN. . B29 
received from Mr. Bazeley and was included in my Alcoholic 
Collection at the Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883. Still 
another was brought to me for identification last summer. 
The specimen now before us has only a general resemblance 
to that figured. 
lst. The dorsal and ventral fins are very unlike in form. 
2nd. Our specimen has a light black spot on either side. 
This is on the mesial line formed by the vertebra, and about 
half an inch from the tail. The dimensions of our fish :—From 
snout to point of tail two inches and two-tenths. The body is 
sub-circular, from snout to tail the length une inch and three- 
tenths. - Its width is the same. These might be called diameters. 
It is as “thin as a sixpence.’ Brown Goode observes: “Their 
bodies are so thin that they can be dried in the sun without the 
use of preservatives, without the loss of form or colour.” This 
was the case with our specimen, although it is now in aleohol for 
better preservation. “They are consequently of no importance 
for food.” 
Skipjack. Scomberesox saurus, or stoveri. 
We are well supplied with specimens of this brilliant and 
singular fish. Almost all of them have a like history. They were 
swimming in our harbor. Boats came in their way and they 
leaped into the boats and thus were caught. One of which we 
read an account in a newspaper, alighted in a lady’s lap causing 
considerable excitement. They are classed with flying fishes: 
“It is sometimes seen to rise to the surface in large schools and 
fly over a considerable space. When closely pursued by the 
tunny, bonito or porpoise they spring to the height of several 
feet, leap over each other in singular confusion and again sink 
beneath.” Its power of springing must be chiefly ascribed to its 
tail and finlets. 
Pilot fish. 
Naucrates ductor. 
Our specimen was brought to the Museum for identifica- 
tion. It must have been caught near our harbour. It is a 
pelagic fish. It receives its name from its habit of keeping 
