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ventral. Ventral very small, falling a little nearer base of caudal 
than origin of pectoral. Color pale brownish, more or less 
brightly silvered, especially eyes and sides. Length about 15% 
inches. Atlantic City. 
This account is from the only example I have seen, which was 
taken some years ago and recorded by Cope. 
Henurhamphus macrorhynchus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Mhila:, 1870; pyr ait 
Family EXOCCETIDZ. 
The Flying Fishes. 
’ Body oblong or elongate. Head with vertical sides. Mouth 
moderate, terminal. Jaws not prolonged into a beak. Premaxil- 
laries not protractile, hinged at base mesially. Margin of upper 
jaw chiefly formed by premaxillaries. Short maxillaries enter- 
ing lateral margin. Maxillary free from premaxillary, its edge 
slipping under front of preorbital. Dentition various, teeth small 
and weak. Nostrils large, double, near eye. Gill-membranes not 
united, free from isthmus. Gills 4, a slit behind fourth. Gill- 
rakers various. Pseudobranchiz hidden, glandular. Lower 
pharyngeals enlarged and fully united, forming a large trans- 
versely concave plate covered with large close-set blunt tricuspid 
teeth. Third upper pharyngeal greatly enlarged, not united with 
its fellow, and both covered with large blunt tricuspid teeth. 
Fourth superior pharyngeal wanting in adult. Vertebre without 
zygopophyses, about 50. Aijir-vessel very large, not cellular so 
far as known, and extending far backward among hzemopophyses 
of caudal vertebre. Intestinal canal simple, without cceca. 
Shoulder-girdle and pectoral muscles very strong. Body covered 
with deciduous cycloid scales. Lateral line running very low 
along sides of belly. Head more or less scaly. Dorsal fin with- 
out spines, inserted on posterior part of body opposite anal and 
more or less similar. No finlets. Pectoral fins inserted high and 
used as organs of flight. Ventrals abdominal, of several soft 
rays, inserted posteriorly. Vent close in front of anal. 
Carnivorous or herbivorous fishes abounding in all warm seas, 
mostly pelagic, swimming near the surface, and skipping or sail- 
