1 1 -J 



al)!)\c llic hitcMal line, aiul veiy small ones on the sides, he- 

 coinini;' larger on tlic tail. lOxeept on tlie lon,i;' jiectoraliins, all 

 tlu' rays are short. The whole body is of a lustrous silvery 

 Color, ])assing into leaden on tlieLaek; ineiubrane of tlieseeond 

 dorsal minutely punctured with Llack, tinjj,'ed at its hase with 

 liU'ht yellow. 



Kin-rays: — 1). 7- 1.:^:!: 1*. 1. 18: V. l.;): A. 1. IS: (\ \{]l. 



Zi'/is s<'f(t/)!ii II i>i, M\tc]\ . Trans. Lit, tV: Phil. Soe. New ^^lrk, 

 1. p. :;s4, ]il. L lio-. !i. 



\'i>nivi- hrnifiiii . ('uv. liep,ne. Anim,: Agass. Spi.v, Pise, 

 iiras. ]i. 11(1. lal). oT: DeKay. Xew \'ork Fauna. Fish. ]». 

 \21, pi. L^■'.. H-:. TS. 



^lr<///f('i(>sii.s .scfijiiiiitis. (lUi'uth.. II, p. 45'.). 



Xot lare in ^inepnxent I'ay. and in lh<" southern paits of 

 ( 'hesapeake I'ay. 



A('.\i<. ( 'ol,l.. 



Arv(;VnFi()SUS. Facep. 



A . VoMi:i;. 



Tlie Rostrated Dory. 



similar in shape to I'ouk ,■ sc/ipiinii-^': face ol)li(iue in front, 

 hoi'i/ontal ironi the nape to the second dorsal fin; suout ]>romi- 

 nent, i)rojeetiug; tail very slender. >Sk'in satin-like, withou^ 

 scales. The second ray of the tirst doi'sal Hn elongated into a 

 thread half as long as the l»ody, and sometimes twice as long: 

 the second ray of the second dorsal tin also very long: ]iector- 

 als long: vculral and anal tins very Imig. Lusti'iuis silvery: 

 (h'Ji'sal and ventral tilauuMits l)lackish. 



Fin-rays: - 1st D. 1. 44: ::!nd D. 1. 22: F. IT: V. I. 5: 

 A. 2. i. 18; ('. IT. 



.] coui.cf, Laccp. 1\', i)p. -"ilif), 5(JT: Agass. Spix, Pise. Fras. 

 p. 1(H), tab. oS; Ciiv. <^' Yal. IX, ]>. ITT, pi. 25r); Cuv. Fvegne. 

 Auiui. 111. Foiss. pi. 'i[K fig. 2: DeKay, Xew York Faun:, 

 Fish. i*. 12 F pi. T"), fig. 2:]S. 



Zi /IS iii<i<i\ 151. Schn., [1. 'JIF 



