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



iar, covered at its base by a thick membrane ; ventrals under the anterior part of the dorsal ; 

 caudal widely forked, with six accessory rays on each side, the first somewhat produced and 

 flattened on the upper and under edges of the tail. 



D. 21. P. 15. V. 14. A. 17. C. 20|. Length, 11 to 22 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Elops saurus, Lin., Syst. Nat. (12lh edit.), p. 518. 



Elops inermis, Smooth Elops, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y7, i. p. 445. 



Blopa saurus, Saury, Dekay's Report, p. 267, pi. 41, fig. 131. 



Note. Dr. Dekay, in his account of the above species, says, — "I find an Elops (not 

 named) among the drawings of the fishes of Carolina by my friend Dr. Holbrook, and sup- 

 pose it to be a different species." 



GENUS VII. BUTIRINUS, Commerson. 

 Body elongated and rounded. Muzzle prominent. Mouth but slightly 

 cleft ; close and even teeth in the jaws. Twelve or thirteen branchial rays. 

 Tongue, vomer, and palatines paved with rounded teeth. 



1. Butirinus vulpes, Lin. 



Body much elongated; depth very slight just in front of tail. Greenish blue above; sides 

 and fins reddish brown. Snout projects beyond the lower jaw. Scales large and rounded. 

 Dorsal upon the middle of the back ; caudal deeply forked. 



D. (?). P. (>). V. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, about 16 inches. 



Carolina, West Indies, Catesby. 



Esox vulpes, Lin., Syst. Nat , p. 516. 



Vulpes Bahamensis, Catesby's Hist. Carol., n. p. 1, pi. 1, fig. '.' 



Macabi, Pahra, p. 83, pi. 35, Eg 1 



Esox vulpes, E-sox Pike, Shaw's Gen. Zodl., v. p. 106. 



Clupea macrocephala (Lacep.), Shaw's Gen. ZooL, v. p. 177. 



Huunmis vulpes (Catesby), Dekay's Report, p. 268. 



GENUS VIII. AMIA, Lin. 

 Head flattened, naked, with conspicuous sutures. Twelve flat gill-rays. 

 Small paved teeth behind the acute conical ones. A large, long buckler 

 between the branches of the lower jaw. Dorsal long ; anal short. Air- 

 bladder cellular, like the lungs of reptiles. 



1. Amia calva, Lin. 

 Body cylindrical anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Back of head bluish-black ; sides 

 obscurely maculated in some specimens with olive spots ; beneath while ; a black spot at 

 upper edge of caudal fin. Scales subcircular, flat, depressed somewhat in their centres. 



