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Color dark green above, silvery below; dorsal and pectoral 

 blackish; ventrals somewhat dusky; anal yellowish, the lobe 

 slig-htly soiled; caudal dusky olivaceous; no suborbital bar and 

 no scapular spot ; a slight dusky shade on upper posterior part of 

 cheeks, and a yellowish bar on anterior edge of opercle; caudal 

 keel black. 



This species is very closely allied to T. fodiator Jordan 

 & Gilbert, described from Mazatlan, differing from it appar- 

 ently in its longer jaws, slightly greater number of fin rays, 

 and larger scales. Here described from the type of T. 

 g 1 a d i u s Bean, which is 29 inches long. 



A young example was seined at Ocean City N. J. Aug. 1, 1887. 

 D. i, 21; A. i, 20. Length 6^ inches. 



A datk cutaneous flap attached along the side of the mandible 

 and folded underneath, meeting its fellow of the opposite side 

 and concealing a small part of the lower jaw; dorsal black, 

 except on the first six rays, which are pale, much elevated at 

 the posterior part, where the longest ray equals the distance 

 from the middle of the eye to the end of the head. 14 black 

 blotches on sides not extending to caudal, the largest two thirds 

 as wide as length of eye; paired fins and anal pale; caudal the 

 same, except anterior half of upper lobe, on which the membrane 

 covering the rays is black, while the intervals between the rays 

 are pale; back greenish; under surface, except mandibular flap, 

 silvery. 



This species has not previously been recorded in the region. 



The usual range of the species is from the West Indies and 

 Florida Keys to Brazil; the young straying northward occa- 

 sionally in summer. The fish reaches a length of 5 feet and is 

 sometimes dangerous to fishermen in its powerful leaps from 

 the water. The scales and bones are green; the flesh is little 

 esteemed for food on this account. A description and figure of 

 the young are published by Bean in the Bulletin of the U. S. Fish 

 Commission for 1887, p. 146, pi. 2, fig. 15. 



