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present, large. Vertebra 43 + 29-72. Large fishes of the open 

 seas, remarkable for the development of scaly sheaths. The young 

 are ribbon-shaped and elongate, passing through a series of changes 

 like those seen in Albula. {l\o\\i, name of some sea fish — a swordfish 

 or sturgeon ; from tAaw, to drive or move.)" 



"671. ELOPS SAURUS. Linnaeus." 



Same work, page 410. 



(Ten-pounder ; John-Mariggle ; Bony-fish ; Big-eyed Herring ; 

 Matajuelo Real; Chiro ; Lisa Francesa.) 

 The illustration is of the Lady-fish of Florida. 



" Head, 4^ ; depth, 5 to 6 ; eye large, 4 to 5. D. 20 ; A. 13 ; 

 V. 15 ; B. 30 ; scales, 12-120-13. Gular plate 3 to 4 times as long 

 as broad. Length, 3 feet. Tropical seas ; abundant and very widely 

 distributed. Common in America, north to Carolina and the Gulf 

 of California ; straying on the Atlantic coast to Long Island. 

 (Saunis, aavpos, lizard. ) 



Elops saurus. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 518, 1766, Carolina. 

 Gunther, Cat. VII, 470, 1868 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis 261, 

 1883, and of most authors. 



"Argentina Carolina. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 519, 1766, 

 Carolina. 



11 Argentina machnata. Forskal, Descr. Anim., 68, 1775, Djidda, 

 Arabia. 



" Mugilomorus anna-carolina. Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 

 398, 1803, South Carolina. 



"Elops inermis. Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 

 1815, 445, New York. 



11 Elops capensis. Smith, Zool. S. Africa, 1845, pi. 7, Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



" Elops purpurascens. Richardson, Ichth. China, 311, 1846, 

 China." 



"Family LVII. Albulidae." 

 Same work, page 410. "(The Lady-fishes.)" 



"Body rather elongate, little compressed, covered with rather 

 small brilliantly silvery scales ; head naked. Snout conic, subquad- 

 rangular, shaped like the snout of a pig, and overlapping the small, 

 inferior, horizontal mouth. Maxillary rather strong, short, with a 

 distinct supplemental bone, slipping under the membranous edge of 



