THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 91 
Parietal bones meeting along top of head. Gill-membranes en- 
tirely separate, free from isthmus. Branchiostegal rays numer- 
ous, 29 to 35. Gill-rakers long and slender. Pseudobranchiz 
present or absent. Body covered with silvery cycloid scales, head 
naked. A scaly occipital collar. Belly not keeled or serrated, 
rather broad and covered with ordinary scales. Lateral line 
present. Pyloric cceca numerous. Dorsal fin inserted over or 
slightly behind ventrals. No adipose fin. Caudal fin forked. 
Dorsal and anal depressible into a scaly sheath. Pectorals and 
ventrals each with an accessory long scale. 
Large fishes widely distributed in tropical seas, not much 
valued as food as the flesh is dry and bony. One genus and 
species known from our coast. The tarpon may also occur but 
has not been definitely recorded. 
Genus Enors Linnzus. 
The Ten Pounders. 
Elops saurus Linnzus. 

Ten Pounder. Elops saurus Linnzus. 
Known from the tarpon by the long slender body covered with 
small scales, large pseudobranchie, and last dorsal ray not pro- 
duced. 
The occurrence of this fish is only known to me from Dr. 
Abbott’s reference, which states it to be a rare straggler. 
Elops saurus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 823. 
