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257. Exonautes vinciguerrae Jordan and Meek. 

 Flying-fish. 



Pelagic, and rising out of the water sails or springs through the air. 



Open Atlantic: extends from off Newfoundland southward, and occurs in the Gulf of 

 Mexico: coasts of southern Europe. 



258. Cypselurus heterurus Rafinesque. 

 Flying-fish. 



Pelagic, and rising out of the water sails or springs through the air. 

 Grand Banks, Newfoundland, extending to both coasts of .Vtlantic Ocean. 



259. Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt. 

 Sand J>aunce: Lant. 

 Marine: sandy shores. 



Labrador and Greenland, southward to Cape ("od. 



260. Ammodytes americanus De Kay. 

 Sand Launce: Sand Lant. 

 Marine: sandy shores. 



Maritime Provinces, Gaspe Basin, Labrador, and Newfoundland: southward to Cape Hat- 

 teras, North Carolina. 



261. Ammodytes personatus Girard. 

 Sand Launce. 



Marine: "burying itself in the sand." 



British Columbia: shores of the Pacific from California to Alaska, including the Aleutian 

 Islands, and westward to Japan. 



262. Menidia menidia notata* .Mit chill. 

 Silverside. 



Marine. 



Maritime Provinces and southward. 



263. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. 

 Lake Silverside: Skipjack. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Great Lakes region and Mississippi valley southward to tiie southern United States. 



264. Atherinopsis californiensis Girard. 

 Pescado del Rev: California Smelt. 

 Marine. 



Ordinary range coast of California: three mounted specimens in the Canadian Fisheries 

 Museum were obtained by Mr. S. F. Denton, taxidermist, in British Columbia. 



*"An e.xamination of numerous specimens of Menidia from various places between Florida and Halifax shows 

 that M. notata and M. menidia intergrade perfectly. The first will therefore stand as Menidia menidia notata." 

 Jordan and Evermann. 



