97 



Fill-rays:— D. 3.45; P. 19; A. 3.42; C. 19. 



P. triacanthus, Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad. II. pt. 2, p. 48, 

 pi. 2, fig. 2. 



— cryptosus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, 

 I. p. 365, pi. 1, fig. 3. 



Peprilus triacanthus, Storer, Rep. Massach. p. 60. 



Rhombus triacanthus, DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish., p. 

 137, pi. 26, fig. 80. 



Occurs in Sinepuxent Bay, and many parts of Chesapeake 

 Bay, as far north as the Patapsco River. 



PEPRILUS, Ciiv. 



P. gardenii. 



Long-Finned Harvest-fish. 



Oval; head and hody much compressed; snout hlunt; eyes 

 large. Scales small, and little apparent, scarcely discernible 

 on the fins, and wanting on tlie head and gill-covers. The 

 rays of the dorsal fin increase rapidly in length from the 

 fourth to the ninth, and rapidly decrease again to the eigh- 

 teenth, after which they are short and equal; pectorals long 

 and pointed; the anal is similar to the dorsal; the caudal is 

 deeply forked. Silvery, with tints of blue and green; dusky 

 on the head; blackish patches on the belly towards the tail, 

 which appear red and purple in certain lights. Length, 7 

 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 3. 44; P. 23; A. 4. 43: C. 19. 



Ohcetodon alepidotus, L. Syst. I, p. 460, 



Sternoptyx gardenii, Bl. Schn. p. 494. 



Stromateus longipinnis, Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc 

 New York, I, p. '366. 



Bhombus longipiiinis, Guv. & Val., IX, p. 401, pi. 274; 

 DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 136, pi. 75, fig. 239. 



Peprilus longipinnis, Cuv. Ilegne Anim. 111. Poiss. pi. Go, 

 fig. 2. 



Stromateus gardenii, Guenth. II, p. 399. 



Occurs in Sincpuxent Bay and in the southern part of 

 Chesapeake Bay. 

 Acad. Coll. 



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