FISHES OF NEW YORK 443 



as recorded by Cuvier and Valenciennes and it agrees perfectly 

 with the description of their T. argenteus. These authors 

 had two specimens, one from New York and the other from Rio 

 Janeiro, each 6 inches long. Dr Jordan, who has examined the 

 types of the species, says one of them is a foot long, and that it 

 has 25 dorsal rays and 23 rays in the anal. 



There is still some question whether or not the argenteus 

 oi Cuvier and Valenciennes is the young of T . c a r o 1 i n u s 

 (Linnaeus). If we consider them identical we must assume that 

 the very young, say from 1 inch to 2 inches long, are much more 

 elongate than when they reach the length of 3 inches. I am 

 unable to decide the question at present, but still incline to the 

 belief that the silvery pompano is a distinct species. I have 

 examined specimens fully 10 inches long which retain the depth 

 of body characteristic of the young, that is, one half of total 

 without caudal. 



The example from Blue Point cove, Great South bay, was 

 figured by the writer in the 19th report of the N. Y. Fish Com- 

 mission, pi. 10, fig. 13. De Kay, in his work on the fishes of New 

 York, p. 116, translates the description of Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, not having obtained a specimen of the fish. 



222 Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus) 



Common Pompano 



(y^sterosteus carolinus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. eel. XII, I, 490, 1766, Carolina. 

 T'kcMnotus pampanns Cuvieb & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. VIII, 415, 



' pi. 237, 1831, Brazil, Cliarleston. 

 Tr(^liynotus jnimpaniis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. II, 484, 1860. 

 Botirolaemus pampanus Holbrook, Ichtb. S. C. 81, id1. 11, fig. 2, 1856. 

 lAdtn Carolina De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 114, pi. 10, fig. 30, 1842, off 



and}' Hook. 

 Tracifnotus carolinus Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 442, 



1*83; Bean, Bull. U. S. F. C. VII, 140, 1888, 19th Rep. Comm. Fish. 



n\y. 254, pi. VIII, fig. 11, 1890. 

 Trachiktus carolinus .Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 944. 



18^ pi. CXLVII, fig. 398, 1900; Bean, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. IX, 



363^897, 52d Ann. Kept. N. Y. State Mus. 1(M, 1900; Smith, Bull. 



IT. ^F. C. XVII, 98, 1898. 



Body Vblong ovate, elevated, profile forming a gentle curve 

 from tliBuiiddle of the back to the snout, where it descends 



