Storeys Synopsis of Ihc Fishes of North America. 21 1 



Hyodontergi I it, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sc., i. p. 3GG. 



Notch-finned H n I uEtm, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, ill | 

 " M i-eyed Herring, Kmitland's Report, p. 170. 



River Moon-eye, Dekay 1 Report, p 265, p] II, fig. 130. 

 Hyodon clodalus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad, Nat. Sc, i. p. 367, pi II 



Larger Herring, Kiktland i. 170, 1 



Lake ttoon-e I' ... i Report, p 266, pi 51, fii' 164. 



Lesueur, when lie described the IT. (ergisus and H. clod:ilus, was not perfectly satisfied 

 that they were distinct species. Kirtland, in his unpublished description of" the H. tergisus, 

 which will appear in the third number of the fifth volume of the "Journal of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History," considers it as the male of the II. clodalus. With abundant 

 opportunities of settling this question, his authority is deserving great respect ; and I have 

 accordingly adopted his views. 



2. Hyodon chrysopsis, Run. 



Body greatly compressed ; thickest above the lateral line, and thinning gradually into the 

 %ery acute, even edge of the belly; the back thins off more suddenly, but its ridge is less 

 sharp than the rim of the belly. Scales large, irregularly orbicular, of a bluish slate-color 

 at the base, with bright silvery tips. The irides and sides of the head are tinged with 

 honey-yellow. Teeth'conical, in a single row on intermaxillaries ; two rows in lower jaw. 

 Tongue furnished on its margin with hooked teeth, which are the largest of all, and its 

 centre is occupied by a crowd of small curved ones. Caudal crescentic ; its lower lobe the 

 longer. 



D. 11. P. 12. V. 7. A. 34. C. ( : ). Length, 16 inches. 



Northern regions, Richardson. 



Called " Oweepeetcheesees," by the Crees ; "Gold-eye," by the fur-traders; " Nac- 

 caysh," by A r oyageurs. 



Hyodon clodalus, Rich.. Franklin's Journal, p. 716. 



H}"" 1 Arysopsis, Naccaysh, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, III. p. 232. 



" Dekay's Report, p. 267. 



GENUS VI. ELOPS, Lin. 



Jaws formed like those of the Herrings. Body cylindrical. There are as 

 many as thirty rays, or more, to the membrane of the gills. A flat spine 

 arms the upper and the lower edge of the caudal. 



1. Elops saurus, Lin. 

 Body elongated, cylindrical, compressed towards the tail. Bright silvery, with a greenish 

 tinge along the back ; summit of the head bronzed. All the fins more or less punctate with 

 black. Scales moderate, orbicular. Upper jaw longer than the lower. Dorsal subtriangu- 



