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slender teeth are on the palatines of each side, and beyond 

 them numerous small ones ; on the tongue are also numerous 

 recurved teeth The two short dorsal fins are far apart ; the 

 first is tiiangular and commences at a point equidistant 

 between the tip of the pectorals and the base of the ventral?. 

 The second dorsal fin is slightly anterior to the origin of the 

 anal ; it is highest in front, emarginate, and has a slender, 

 subspinous, simple ray in front. Pectorals short ; ventrals 

 feeble, short and rounded, placed under the first dorsal. Anal 

 fin similar to the second dorsal, but somewhat higher. Caudal 

 fin deeply forked. The living fish is green above, shining 

 white beneath. The course of the continuous lateral line is in- 

 dicated by a yellow line. Upper part of \u ad olive brown, sides 

 silvery. Young individuals are spotted with brown, and cross- 

 bars of this color intersect the lateral line in some of the 

 large specimens. 



Fin-rays :— D. 6, 1. 9 ; P. U ; Y. 1, 5 ; A. 19 ; C. \% 



Esox sphjrcena, L. Gm, p. 13S9. 

 Sphyrcena spliyrcena, Bl. taf. 389. 



— vulgaris, Cuv. & Yal. Ill, p. 327 ; Cuv. Regne. Anim. 111. 

 Poiss. pi. 18, fig. 1. 



— viridens^is, Cuv. & Yal. Ill, p. 339. 



— guachancho, Cuv. & Yal. III. p. 342. 



— horealis, DeKay, N. T. Fauna. Fishes, p. 39, pi. 60, fig. 

 196. 



This voracious fish is found in some seasons in great num- 

 bers along the coast of Worcester county. No specimens 

 have as yet been obtained from the southern part of Chesa- 

 peake Bay. 



Acad. Coll. 



