ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 259 



a sheath of scales ; anal fin smaller, similarly depressible. Pectorals 

 and ventrals moderate, each with a long accessory scale. Opercular 

 bones thin, with expanded, membranaceous borders ; a scaly occipital 

 sheath or collar. Lateral line straight, its tubes simple. Pseudo- 

 branchiae present, large. Species 2 or more, widely distributed, 

 remarkable for the development of scaly sheaths. (Z\o\j/, name of 

 some sea fish — a sword-fish or sturgeon ; from eAaw, to drive or 

 move.)" 



"435. E. saurus L." 

 "(Big-eyed Herrings.)" 

 Same work, page 261. 



''Uniform silvery, darker above. Gular plate 3-4 times as broad 

 as long. Head, 4j^ ; depth, 5-6. Eye large, 4-5 in head. D. 20 ; 

 A. 13; V. 15; B. 30; scales, 12-120-13. L. 24 inches. Cape 

 Cod to Cape of Good Hope and China. A handsome fish, not rare 

 on our Atlantic coast. 



"(Linn. Syst.; Gunther, VII, 470.)" 



JORDAN & EVERMANN BULLETIN 47. U. S. NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM, 1896. 



"Family LVI. Elopidae." 



"(The Tarpons.) " 



"198. ELOPS, Linnaeus." 



Page 409. 



"Elops, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 518, 1766, (Saurus). 

 Magilomorus, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 398, 1803, (anna- 

 carolina). 



. " Trichonotus, Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, 1815, 88, (anna- 

 carolina) ; substitute for Mugilomorus, considered objectionable." 



" Body elongate, covered with thin, small, silvery scales. Dorsal 

 fin slightly behind ventrals, its last rays short, the fin depressible into a 

 sheath of scales ; anal fin smaller, similarly depressible ; pectorals and 

 ventrals moderate, each with a long accessory scale. Opercular bones 

 thin, with expanded, membranaceous borders; a scaly occipital 

 collar. Lateral line straight, its tubes simple. Pseudobranchue 



