440  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
Scomberesox equirostrum, Lesveur, Journ. Acad, Nat. Sc., 1. p. 132. 
Scomberesox scutellatum, oe - us ve 
Scomberesox equirostrum, Bill-fish, Sroren’s Report, p. 100, 
Scomberesox Storeri, Bill-fish, Dexay’s Report, p. 229, pl. 35, fig. 111. 
In my ‘“ Report on the Fishes of Massachusetts,’’ I pointed out the error into which all 
ichthyologists might be led by Lesueur’s specific name ; unquestionably it should be changed. 
Dr. Dekay has thought proper to affix mine ; I retain it, until some future ichthyologist pre- 
fers another. 
GENUS IV. EXOCETUS, Lin., Cov. 
Head and body covered with scales ; pectoral fins very large, nearly as long 
as the body ; dorsal fin placed over the anal ; upper half of the tail the small- 
er ; both jaws furnished with small teeth. 
1. Exocetus comatus, MircHinu. 
Above brown, beneath white. Scales deciduous. Pectorals reach as far back as the pos- 
terior extremity of the dorsal ; ventrals long. A long black cirrhus depending from the chin. 
D.11. P.12. V.6. A.6. C.(?). Length, 5 inches. 
New York, Mrreurut. 
Exocetus comatus, Single-bearded Flying-fish, Mrrcnitt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 448, pl. 5, 
fig. 1. 
Exocetus appendiculatus (?), Woop, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., rv. p. 283, pl. 17, fig. 2 
Exocetus comatus, Single-bearded Flying-fish, Dexay’s Report, p. 231, pl. 36, fig. 
b 
= 
= 
or 
2. Exocetus furcatus, Mrrcuitu. 
Bluish above, silvery on the sides. Pectorals and ventrals with brown bands. Abdomen 
earinated. Scales small. Two cirrhi or tough appendages suspended from the lower jaw. 
IDES Ea (Ma Wools ANS (C5 ile leet (@)\o 
New York, Mircuitxi. Gulf of Mexico, Lesvrur. 
Exocetus furcatus, Double-bearded Flying-fish, Mircuut, ‘Trans, Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 449, 
pl. 5, fig. 2. 
Exocetus Nuttallii (?), Lesveur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. 10, pl. 4, fig. 1. 
Exocetus furcatus, Double-bearded Flying-fish, DEKay’s Report, p, 231. 
Cuvier suspects the I. fureatus and E. Nuttallii to be one species. 
3. Exocetus Noveboracensis, Mircuitt. 
Dark green above; beneath white and silvery. Abdomen ecarinated on its sides. Ven- 
trals very long. Caudal forked, the lower lobe almost twice as long as the upper. Teeth 
very minute. No filaments to lower jaw. 
D.14. P.15. V.6. A.8. C.(?). Length, 12 inches. 
New York, Mirenitn. 
