188 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of JYorth Jmerica. 



Scomberesox equiroatrum, Lesueur, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sc, n. p. 132. 

 Scomberesox scutellatum, ( * 



Scomberesox equiroatrum, Bill-fish, Stoker's Report, p. 100. 

 Scomberesox Storeri, Bill-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 229, pi. 35, fig. 111. 



In my " Report on the Fishes of Massachusetts," I pointed out the error into which all 

 ichthyologists might be led by Lesueur's specific name ; unquestionably it should be changed. 

 Dr. Dekay has thought proper to affix mine ; I retain it, until some future ichthyologist pre- 

 fers another. 



GENUS IV. EXOCETUS, Lin., Cuv. 

 Head and body covered with scales ; pectoral fins very large, nearly as long 

 as the body ; dorsal fin placed over the anal ; upper half of the tail the small- 

 er ; both jaws furnished with small teeth. 



1. Exocetus comatus, Mitchill. 



Above brown, beneath white. Scales deciduous. Pectorals reach as far back as the pos- 

 terior extremity of the dorsal ; ventrals long. A long black cirrhus depending from the chin. 

 D. 11. P. 12. V. 0. A. 6. C. (?). Length, 5 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill. 



Exocetus comatus; Single-bearded Flying-fish, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 418, pi. 5, 



fig. 1. 

 Exocetus appendicular (?), Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, iv. p. 2S3, pi. 17, fig. 2. 

 Exocetus comatus, Single-bearded Flying-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 231, pi. 36, fig. 115. 



2. Exocetus furcatus, Mitchill. 



Bluish above, silvery on the sides. Pectorals and ventrals with brown bands. Abdomen 



carinated. Scales small. Two cirrhi or tough appendages suspended from the lower jaw. 



D. 15. P. (?). V. 10. A. 8. C. 17. Length, (>)• 



New York, Mitchill. Gulf of Mexico, Lesueur. 



Exocetus furcatus, Double-bearded Flying-fish, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. V i p 3 19 



pi. 5. Bg 2 

 Exocetus Nuttallii (?), Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, II. p. 10, pi. 4, fig. 1. 

 Exocetus furcatus, Double-bearded Flying-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 231. 



Cuvier suspects the E. furcatus and E Nuttallii to be one species. 



3. Exocetus Noveboracensis, Mitchill. 



Dark green above ; beneath white and silvery. Abdomen carinated on its sides. Ven- 

 trals very long- Caudal forked, the lower lobe almost twice as long as the upper. Teeth 

 very minute. No filaments to lower jaw. 



D. 14. P. 15. V. 6. A. 8. C. (?). Length, 12 inches. 



New York, Mitchill. 



