336“ Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
GENUS I. SMARIS, Cvuv. 
Body oblong, compressed, and somewhat similar to that of a herring ; an 
elongated scale above each of the ventrals, and another between them. 
Teeth in jaws extremely fine, forming a very narrow band. Vomer destitute 
of teeth. 
1. Smaris Martinicus, Cuv. 
Body rounded, contracted. Reddish upon the back, silvery beneath ; a small black spot 
upon the side. 
D. 11-11. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-9. C.(?). Length, 4 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Picarel de la Martinique, Smaris Martinicus, Cuv. et Vat., vi. p. 424. 
GENUS II. GERRES, Cov. 
The mouth protractile, but when advancing it descends ; the body is ele- 
vated, the anterior part of the dorsal in particular, along the base of whose 
posterior portion is a scaly sheath. 
1. Gerres aprion, Cuv. 
Elongated. Silvery, with bluish reflections towards the back, as in the most beautiful 
herring. The dorsal, in the recent state, is a very pale yellow, finely dotted with blackish. 
This species receives its name from its preoperculum being unarmed ; also the interopercle 
and suborbitar. 
B.6. D.9-10. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-7. C. (2). Length, 3 to 6 inches. 
South Carolina, Caressy. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Turdus cinereus peltatus, Shad, Catespy’s Hist. Carol., m. pl. 2, fig. 2. 
Le Gerres sans scie, Gerres aprion, Cuv. et VAL., vi. p. 461. 
hs = Dexay’s Report, p. 97. 
2. Gerres Brasilianus, Cuv. 
Height equal to one fifth ofits length. Silvery gray, with ten or eleven longitudinal lines 
upon the sides, 
D.9-10. P.16. V.1-5. A.3-9. C.17. Length, 8 or 9 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called, at Porto Rico, ‘* Moharra.’’ 
Le Gerres du Brésil, Gerres Brasilianus, Cov. et Vat., v1. p. 458. 
