114 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of JYorth America. 



2. Atherina notata, Mitchill. 



Of a greenish brown color. Black points at the base of the anal rays. Dorsals contigu- 

 ous, the second coterminal with the anal ; height one sixth its length ; length of head one 

 fifth its whole length. 



D. 5-9. P. 14. V. 1-5- A. 25. C. 17. Length, 3 to 5 inches. 



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



Cuv., Dekay. South Carolina, Cuv. 



Atherina notata, Small Silver-side, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. anJ Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 446, pi. 4, fig. 6. 

 L'Atherine de Bosc (Atherina Boscii, Cuv.. Atherina notata, Mitch.), Cnv. et Val., x. p. 465. 

 Atherina Boscii, Small Silver-side, Storer's Report, p. 62. 

 Atherina notata, Dotted Silver-side, Dekay's Report, p. 141, pi. 28, fig. S3. 



3. Atherina Carolina, Cuv. 



Snout pointed. Height to its total length as one to six and three quarters. 



D. 8, 1-12. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 1-15 or 16. C. 17. Length, 4 inches. 



South Carolina, Cnv. 



Le Rosere de la Caroline, Atherina Carolina, Cuv. et Val., x. p. 445. 

 Atherina Carolina, Dekay's Report, p. 143. 



4. Atherina Martinica, Cuv. 



Elongated ; head small and slightly pointed. Scales large, with their edges crenulated. 

 Eighteen or nineteen soft rays to the anal. 



D. 6, 1-7. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 1-18 or 19. C. 17. Length, 4 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



L'Atherine de la Martinique, Atherina Martinica, Cuv. et Val., x. p. 459. 



5. Atherina Humboldtiana, Cuv. 



Similar in form to the Perch, but the snout is more pointed and more depressed. The 

 lower jaw the longer. Greenish, with silvery reflections upon the back, and a broad silvery 

 ray upon each side. Caudal edged with blackish. Its greatest height one fifth of its entire 

 length ; the length of the head one fourth the length of the body. 



D. 5, 1-10. P. 14. V. 1-5. A. 1-19. C. 17. Length, 11 inches. 



Mexico, Cnv. 



L'Atherine de Humholdt, Atherina Humboldtiana, Cuv. et Val., x. p. 479, pi. 306. 



6. Atherina vomerina, Cuv. 

 Very similar to the above ; but it has small asperities upon the vomer, which are readily 

 distinguished by the finger, and an additional soft ray to the dorsal and anal fins. 

 D. 5, 1-11. P. (.'). V. (?). A. 1-20. C. (?). Length, 8 inches. 

 Mexico, Cuv. 



L'Atherine vomerine, Atherina vomerine, Cuv. et Val., x. p. 481. 



