Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 95 



Trichiurua lepturus, Lin., Bloch, v. p. 55, pi. 158. 



Trichiurus argenteus, Silver Trichiure, Shaw Gen. Zo5l., iv. p. 90, fig [2, 

 Trichiurua lepturus, Strack 1 ! Plata ex. 

 '• •■ Brows I 



Tricliiiirus arsenlcus, MlTClllLL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. S)c. of N V , I. p 361. 

 Le Trichiure de I'Atlanlique (Trichiurua lepturua, L,), Cuv etVAL., viii. p. 237. 

 Trichiurua lepturus, Silvery Hair- tail, Vara ell'i Bril Fishes (2tl edit.), t. p. 204. 



" ■• Storer, Boat. Joum. Nat. Hist , iv. p. 181. 



" " Dekay's Report, p. 109, pi. 12, fig. 35. 



GENUS VIII. XIPHIAS, Lin. 



Body fusiform, covered with minute scales ; a single elongated dorsal fin ; 

 ventral fins wanting ; tail strongly carinated ; upper jaws elongated, forming a 

 sword ; mouth without teeth ; branchiostegous rays, seven. 



1. Xiphias gladius, Lin. 



Body elongated, but slightly compressed. Surface of body smooth. Back and upper part 

 of sides of a sl;y blue color, beneath silvery gray. Gill-covers silvery brown. Upper part 

 of the head nearly Hat, slightly descending to the base of the sword, which is formed by an 

 extension of the vomer, maxillary, and intermaxillary bones; extremity of sword pointed; 

 upper pait of sword dark hrown, almost black, having a dorsal ridge, within which is a 

 groove; under portion of the sword lighter colored, smooth, with a velvety feel. In the 

 young fish, the dorsal fin is entire ; but in the adult fish a great part of the central portion of 

 the fin is missing, supposed to be worn away by use. 



D. 18-3. P. 15. A. 11-3. C. 17. Length, 10 to 12 feet. 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Xiphias glailius, Lin., Syst. Nat , p. 432. 



" " Conn 1 Sword-fish, Shaw's Gen.Zonl., iv. p. 99, Til'. 14. 



" " " " Strack's Plates, XXI. fig. I. 



" " " " Pennant's Arc. Zool., u. p. 1 13 ■ 



11 " " " Griffith's Cov., x. p. 187, pi 27, fig. 1, and Supplement, on itie 



A < i : . i h »pter> gii, p 3 19 

 L'Eapadon epee (Xiphias gladius, Lis < biVai , vm. p. 255, pi 225 and 226. 

 Xiphias gladius, Wilson, Eocyclop. Brit.. Art. Ichth., p. 181, pi. 202. 



" " Jenyns's Brit. Veil , p ! 



( - " Yarrell's Brit. Fishes [2d edit ), i p. 104, fig. 



" " Storer's Report, p. 51. 



" Dekay's Report, p. 111. pi. 20, tig. 79. 



GENUS IX. NAUCRATES, Raf. 



Body covered with small scales ; dorsal fin single, elongated ; free spinous 

 rays before the dorsal and anal fins ; sides of the tail carinated ; teeth small, 

 numerous ; branchiostegous rays, seven. 



