﻿[65] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA, 
  853 
  

  

  Family 
  LXXVL— 
  ATHERLNID^E. 
  (66) 
  

  

  217.— 
  ATHERINA 
  Linnaeus. 
  (106) 
  

  

  723. 
  Atherina 
  eriarcha 
  1 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  724. 
  Atherina 
  Carolina 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  (636) 
  

  

  725. 
  Atherina 
  stipes 
  2 
  Miiller 
  & 
  Troschel. 
  W. 
  (6:57) 
  

  

  726. 
  Atherina 
  araea 
  3 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  W. 
  

  

  218.— 
  LEURESTHES 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  (197) 
  

  

  727. 
  Leuresthes 
  tenuis 
  Ayres. 
  C. 
  (638) 
  

  

  219— 
  LABIDESTHES 
  Cope. 
  (198) 
  

  

  728. 
  Labidesthes 
  sicculus 
  Cope. 
  Vc. 
  (639) 
  

  

  220.— 
  MENIDIA 
  Bonaparte. 
  (199) 
  

  

  729. 
  Menidia 
  laciniata 
  Swain. 
  S. 
  (640) 
  

  

  730. 
  Menidia 
  vagrans 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  S. 
  (641) 
  

  

  731. 
  Menidia 
  notata 
  Mitchill. 
  N. 
  (642) 
  

  

  732. 
  Menidia 
  audens 
  Hay. 
  Vs. 
  (6426) 
  

  

  733. 
  Menidia 
  beryllina 
  Cope. 
  Ve. 
  (643) 
  

  

  734. 
  Menidia 
  menidia 
  4 
  Linnaeus. 
  §. 
  (644) 
  

  

  735. 
  Menidia 
  peninsulae 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  S. 
  (645) 
  

  

  221.— 
  ATHERINOPSIS 
  Girard. 
  (200) 
  

  

  736. 
  Atherinopsis 
  californiensis 
  Girard. 
  C. 
  (646) 
  

  

  222.— 
  ATHERINOPS 
  Stein 
  dachner. 
  (201) 
  

  

  737. 
  Atherinops 
  affinis 
  Ayres. 
  C. 
  (647) 
  

  

  Family 
  LXXVII.— 
  SPHYE^NIDiE. 
  (67) 
  

  

  223.— 
  SPHYRiENA 
  Bloch. 
  (202) 
  

  

  738. 
  Sphyraena 
  argentea 
  Girard. 
  C.P. 
  (648) 
  

  

  739. 
  Sphyraena 
  borealis 
  6 
  De 
  Kay. 
  N. 
  (649) 
  

  

  740. 
  Sphyraena 
  guaguanche 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (650) 
  

  

  741. 
  Sphyraena 
  picuda 
  Bloch 
  <fe 
  Schneider. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (650 
  6.) 
  

  

  742. 
  Sphyraena 
  ensis 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  l 
  Atherinella 
  eriarcha 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mns., 
  1S81, 
  346. 
  Mazatlan 
  

   to 
  Peru. 
  

  

  2 
  Atherina 
  stipes 
  Miiller 
  & 
  Troschel 
  = 
  Atherina 
  laticeps 
  Poey 
  = 
  Atherina 
  velieana 
  

   Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  See 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  116. 
  

  

  3 
  Aiherina 
  arceu 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  27. 
  Key 
  West. 
  

  

  ■•Called 
  Menidia 
  bosci 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  pp. 
  408, 
  909. 
  

  

  5 
  Called 
  Sphyrana 
  spet 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  p. 
  411. 
  Ours 
  is, 
  however, 
  apparently 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  the 
  latter 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  European. 
  

  

  6 
  Sphyrcena 
  ensis 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Comm., 
  1881, 
  106, 
  based 
  on 
  

   Sphyrama 
  forsteri 
  Steindachner, 
  Ichth. 
  Beitrage, 
  VII, 
  4, 
  1878, 
  not 
  Sphyrana 
  forsteri 
  C. 
  

   & 
  V. 
  

  

  Body 
  moderately 
  elongate 
  ; 
  eye 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  snout 
  2± 
  ; 
  pectoral 
  2f. 
  Pectoral 
  

   reaching 
  about 
  to 
  front 
  of 
  first 
  dorsal. 
  Ventrals 
  inserted 
  before 
  first 
  dorsal. 
  Canine 
  

   teeth 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  palatines, 
  and 
  inner 
  row 
  of 
  premaxillary 
  very 
  large, 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  

   S. 
  picuda. 
  Maxillary 
  reaching 
  about 
  to 
  front 
  of 
  dorsal. 
  Silvery, 
  darker 
  above, 
  with 
  

   traces 
  of 
  numerous 
  vague 
  darker 
  cross-bars. 
  Head 
  4 
  ; 
  depth 
  8 
  or 
  9. 
  D. 
  V-l, 
  9; 
  A. 
  11. 
  

   8. 
  Lat. 
  1. 
  110. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  see 
  Meek 
  & 
  Newland, 
  Proc. 
  

   Ac. 
  Nat, 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1884. 
  

  

  