121 



pl. 1, fig. 11 (bad); Ciiv. & Val., III. p. 504; DeKay, New 

 York Faun., Fish. pl. 6, fig. 18. 



Gasterosteus apeltes, Cuv. & Val., IV. p. 505; Storer, Re- 

 port, p. 31. 



This fish runs in the Patapsco River some distance beyond 

 tide^ and no doubt seeks the inlets, where it may build its 

 nest in the matted foliage of the Myriophyllum. 



Its particular range has not yet been determined. 



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XLI— BELONIDiE. 



BELONE, Cuv. 



B. longirostris. 



Silver Gar, Banded Gar-Fish or Sea-Snipe. 



Body much elongated; covered with small, transparent, 

 roundish scales. Head and opercles trigonal, flat above. 

 Upper mandible flattened at its base, rounded forward, termi- 

 nating in an acute tip. Both mandibles furnished with long^ 

 conic, sharp, distant teeth, with smaller ones between. Upper 

 part of body trauspai-ent sea-green. Side of head and body 

 bright silvery, abdomen opaque white. A narrow green hand 

 runs from the opercle to th? tail, separating the color of the 

 back from that of the sides. Length, 1 to 2 feet. 



Fin-rays:— D. IG; P. 12; V. 6; A. 19; C. 19. 



B. truncata, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., II. 

 1821, p. 126, with a plate; Storer, Report Massach. Fish, p. 

 98; DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish, p. 227, pl. 35, fig. 112; 

 Cuv. & Val., XVIII. p. 422; Guenther VI. p. 244. 



— scrutatot^, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc, Philad., 1858, p. 

 170, and U. S. & Mex. Bound. Survey, Ichth. p. 30, pl. 13. 



Esox longirostris, Mitch. Amer. Month Mag., II. 1817, p. 



o o o 



Common in all the brackish waters of Chesapeake Bay and 

 its vicinity. It is brought to the markets, bnt seems uotto. 

 be very highly esteemed. 



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