Jordan and Ever mann. Fishes of North America. 711 



compressed, deeper than broad, without keel, the lateral line not black. 

 Head flat above, with deep, scaly median groove; maxillary hidden by 

 the preorbital. Jaws long and slender, the upper from eye nearly twice 

 rest of head; mouth closing completely. Teeth moderate, wide-set; 

 scales and bones not green. Eye equal to interorbital space, 2i in post- 

 orbital part of head. Pectoral as long as postorbital part of head ; ven- 

 trals very small, placed midway between axil and base of caudal; cau- 

 dal slightly lunate, the lobes subequal. Color pale greenish, with silvery 

 stripe ; tips of vertical fins brick red in life. Length about 20 inches. 

 West Indies, north to Pensacola, common about Key West ; easily known 

 by its few fin-rays, (notatus, marked.) 

 Belone notata, POEY, Memorias, n, 293, 1860, Havana; GVNTHER, Cat., vi, 248, 1866; GOODE & 



BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 151. 

 Tylosnms nolatus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 373, 1883; JORDAN & FORDICE, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1886,345. 



1050. TYLOSURUS SCAPULARIS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 2*; depth 6f ; eye 2i in postorbital part of head. D. 14: A. 15; 

 scales 215. Body slender, subterete. Caudal peduncle compressed, with- 

 out keel ; jaws slender, twice length of rest of head. Scales small, 145 to 

 150 before dorsal ; maxillary not whollyconcealed by preorbital. Greenish ; 

 a bluish-silvery lateral band, which is broadened below dorsal ; a con- 

 spicuous round, dark blotch above pectoral. Length !$ feet. Panama ; 

 rather scarce, (scapula, shoulder, which has a dark spot.) 



Tylosurxs scapularis, JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., i, 1881, 307, Panama. (Type, 

 Nos. 29427, 29435, and 29438. Coll. Gilbert.) Ibid., n, 1882, 109; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1885, 370. 



1051. TYLOSURUS TIMUCU (Walbaum). 



(TIMUCC; PEIXE AGULHA.) 



Head 2$ ; depth 7 ; eye moderate, 2 to 2f in postorbital part of head. 

 Scales small, 225, about 150 before dorsal. D. 15; A. 17. Body very 

 slender, subterete; caudal peduncle not keeled ; ventrals inserted nearer 

 cheeks than base of caudal. No distinct temporal notch; maxillary 

 not entirely concealed. Scales and bones not green. Greenish; a silvery- 

 bluish lateral band, widened below dorsal; no scapular spot. Length l 

 feet. Florida Keys to Brazil ; not rare ; our specimens from Key West, 

 Cuba, and Bahia. 



Tiini'fH or Peixe agulha, MARCGRAVE, Pise. Brasil., 168, 1648, Brazil. 



Esox tinmen, WALBAUL Artedi Pisr., in, 88, 1792, Brazil; after Timucit of MARCGRAVE. 



Belone snltruncata, PoiY, Memorias, n, 295, 1860, Havana. 



Belone depressa, POEY, Memorias, , 290, 1860, Havana. 



Tylosurm sa.jilta, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 25, Key "West. (Type, No. 



34965. Coll. Jordan.) 

 Tylosurm subtruncatus, JORDAN & FORDICE, I. c., 346. 



1052. TYLOSURUS EURYOPS, Bean & Dresel. 



(LONG-JAW.) 



D. 15; A. 17; scales 200. Close to Tylosurus timucu, but the body less 

 slender, the depth 6 in head, which is about 3 in body ; eye larger, 2\ in 

 postorbital part of head; a distinct notch on temporal ridge close 



