THE FISHES OF NEW. JERSEY. 211 
ing through the air sometimes for considerable distances. Two 
species have been noted from our shores. 
Genus CyPSELURUS Swainson. 
The Flying Fishes. 
Key to the species. 
a. Dorsal and anal fins without black markings; ventrals pale. HETERURUS 
aa. Dorsal and anal marked with black, former with one or more dark 
blotches, and anal with a black spot on tips of third to sixth rays; 
ventrals black with pale edging and a white spot near base. FURCA®US 
Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque). 
Flying Fish. Single Bearded Flying Fish. 
I have no examples of this species. The one mentioned by Dr. 
Abbott from Beesley’s Point cannot now be found in the Museum 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

Flying Fish. Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque). 
Exocatus heterurus Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 
370. 
Exocetus noveboracensis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 815. 
Cypselurus comatus Abbott, 1. c. 
Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill). 
Double Bearded Flying Fish. 
Distinguished from the preceding chiefly by the larger scales 
which are about 46 in the lateral line and about 29 in front of 
dorsal. 
