THE FISHES OF NEW. JERSEY. 259 
hind origin of pectoral, reaching first anal spine. Color silvery, 
back leaden-brownish. About 6 broad deeper-colored vertical 
bands on side. Hardly a trace of an opercular spot. Fins pale. 
Length 1% inches. Squan River. 
I have but the single young example, described above, from 
our coast, where it is rare. 
Genus ALecTiIs Rafinesque. 
The Thread Fishes. 
Alectis crinitus (Mitchill). 
Shoe Maker. 
Distinguished by the high filamentous dorsal lobe, the first 5 
or 6 rays being produced. 
No examples before me from our coast, from which it has 
been rarely reported, and can only be considered a straggler from 
tropical America. 
Blepharichthys crimtus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 813. 
Genus VoMER Cuvier. 
The Plough Fishes. 
Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill). 
~ PLATE 20. 
Moon Fish. Blunt Nosed Shiner. 
Close to the next, but distinguished chiefly by the presence of 
scutes on the straight portion of the lateral line, though almost 
obsolete. The body is broadly ovate. 
I have no examples. It occurs occasionally on our coast, how- 
ever, generally distributed by the Gulf Stream. 
Vomer setipinnis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 813.—Moore, 
Bul U.S. 8. Cont. il 1802,-p, 368. 
