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GUNTHER'S STUDY OF FISHES, 1880. 



Classified in the Herring Family. 

 Page 660. No Illustration. No Common Name. 



"Albula. — Body oblong, moderately compressed ; abdomen flat. 

 Scales of moderate size, adherent ; lateral line distinct. Eyes covered 

 with a broad annular adipose membrane. Snout pointed, the upper 

 jaw projecting beyond the lower. Mouth inferior, of moderate width, 

 with villiform teeth ; intermaxillary juxtaposed to the upper anterior 

 edge of the maxillary. Dorsal fin opposite to the ventrals ; and fin 

 shorter than dorsal. Gill membranes entirely separate, with numerous 

 branchiostegals. 



"One species only, A. conorhynchus, ranging over all tropical and 

 subtropical seas, and very common in many localities near the coasts. 

 It grows to a length of from two to three feet, and is not valued as 

 food." 



Classified in the Herring Family. 



Same work, page 661. No Common Name. Illustration of the Lady-fish of Florida. 



"Elops. — Body rather elongate, moderately compressed; abdo- 

 men flat. Scales small, adherant; lateral line distinct. A narrow 

 osseous lamella, attached to the mandibulary symphysis, covers the 

 part between the mandibles. Snout pointed ; mouth wide, anterior ; 

 intermaxillary short, maxillary forming the lateral part of the mouth. 

 Bands of villiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer, palatine and 

 pterygoid bones, on the tongue, and on the base of the skull. Dorsal 

 fin opposite to ventrals; anal rather shorter than dorsal. Gill mem- 

 branes entirely separate, with very numerous branchiostegals. 



"Two species, of which one, E. saurus, is like the preceding 

 fish, spread over all tropical and subtropical seas ; it exceeds a length 

 of three feet, and is not esteemed as food." 



Jordan & Gilbert's Bulletin 1G. United States National Museum, 

 1883. 



