

104 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of JYorth America. 



D. (?). P. (?)■ v - (•')■ A. (.'). C (?). Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Cordonnier," at Martinique. 



Le Blcpharis des Antilles, Blepharis sutor, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 161. 



3. Blepharis major, Cuv. 



Its height equal to half its length. Silvery, fins of a dark gray color. A black spot at the 

 upper part of the operculum. The first filament of the second dorsal extends beyond the 

 tail. The plates upon the lateral line are angular only upon the sides of the tail. 



D. (?). P. (?). V. (?) A. (?)■ C (?)■ Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le grand Cordonnier, Blepharis major, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 163. 



GENUS XVII. ARGYREIOSUS, Lacep. 



Body much compressed. Spines between the dorsal fins. Dorsal, ven- 

 tral, and anal rays filamentous. 



1. Argyreiosus vomer, Lacep. 



Irregularly rhomboidal, compressed. Of a lustrous silvery color. Dorsal and ventral 

 filaments blackish. One ray of the first dorsal elongated into a filament. The anterior rays 

 of the second dorsal elongated, but not filamentous. 



D.1,4-4. 2dD.l-22. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 2, 1 - 18. C. 17. Length, 3 inches. 



New York, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv- 



Zeus vomer, Brazilian Dory, Lin., fiLOCii, vi. p. 33, pi. 193, fig. 2. 



" " " " Shaw's Gen. ZoSl., iv. p. 281, pi. 41. 



" " " " Silver-fish, Strack's Plates, xxxvn tig. 3. 



Zeus rostratus, Rostrated Dory, Mitciiill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 38-1, pi. 2, fig I. 

 Argyreiosus vomer, Lacep., iv. p. 569. 



Abacatuia, Argyreiosus vomer, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 177, pi. 255. 

 Argyreiosus vomer, Rostrated Argyreiose, Dekay's Report, p. 121, pi. 75, fig. 233. 



2. Argyreiosus capillaris, Mitchill. 



Form very similar to the preceding species. Of a beautiful silvery lustre, with several 

 dark, almost black, transverse bands crossing the upper part of the sides ; these bands dis- 

 appear in the dead fish- The membranous rays of the first dorsal filamentous, the first ex- 

 ceedingly elongated ; the anterior rays of the second dorsal also filamentous. 



D. 8, 1-22. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 2, 1-18. C- 17. Length, 4 inches. 



Massachusetts, Stoker. New York, Mitchill, Dekay- 



Zeus capillaris, Hair-finned Dory, Mitchill, Trans Lit am! Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 333, pi. 2, fig. 2. 

 Argyreiosus capillaris, Hair-finned Argyreiose, Dekay's Report, p. 125, pi. 27, fig. 82. 



