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veloped; no barbels; no canines; snout very short; moutfi large, 

 terminal, very oblique or even vertical, the lower jaw project- 

 ing; teeth minute, equal, uniserial or partly biserial above; 

 preopercle entire or nearly so, without bony teeth. Scales 

 moderate, subequal. Pseudobranchiae well developed. Fins 

 essentially as in B a i r d i e 1 1 a , the second dorsal long, the 

 anal short, its spines moderate or small; fins not thickened by 

 accessory scales. Gill rakers long and slender. Vertebrae 

 10+14 = 24. Silvery fishes, all American. 



Subgenus LARIMUS 



280 Larimus fasciatus Holbrook 



Banded Larwius 



Larimus faciatus HOLBROOK, Ichth. S. C. 153, pi. 22, fig. 1, 1856, Charleston; 

 GUNTHEB, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. II, 269, 1860; JORDAN & GILBERT, 

 Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 578, 1883; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, Rep. U. S. 

 F. C. for 1886, 376, 1889; BEAN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. IX, 367, 

 1897; H. M. SMITH, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1897, 101, 1898; JORDAN & EVER- 

 MANX, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1424, 1898. 



Body oblong, compressed, ventral outline nearly straight, 

 dorsal outline considerably arched; the depth of the body is 

 contained about three times in the length. Snout very short, 

 much less than diameter of the large eye; mouth large, very 

 oblique, maxillary reaching to posterior margin of orbit; the 

 length of the head is contained three and one half times in that 

 of the body. Tip of mandible on level of lower part of pupil; 

 second anal spine small; pectoral fin short; caudal subtruncate. 

 D. X-I, 24; A. II, 6; Lat. 1. about 62. 



Silvery gray, clouded above; sides marked with about seven 

 nearly vertical dusky bars, running from back to below the 

 lateral line. South Atlantic coast and southward; rare. An 

 individual was captured in Gravesend bay July 25, 1895, and 

 another one August 2 of the same year. These fed freely, and 

 were kept in a healthy condition till January 16, 1896, when the 

 low temperature of the water killed them. The fish is not com- 

 mon anywhere, and had not before been recorded north of 

 Chesapeake bay, except a single example which was taken at 

 Woods Hole Mass, on August 13, 1889; the specimen was caught 

 in a trap at the breakwater, Buzzards bay. 



