264 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 
Menidia menidia (Linneus). 
Atherina menidia Linneeus, Systema Nature, vol. 1, ed. xt, 519, 1766, Charleston, S. C.; Lacépéde, 
Histoire Naturelle Poissons, vol. v, 371. 
Atherina boscii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelle Poissons, x, 465, 1835. 
Menidia dentex Goode & Bean, Proceedings U.S. National Museum, 1882, 429. 
Menidia brasiliensis, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 408, 1888; not of authors. 
Menidia menidia, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North and Middle America, I, 800, 1896. 
Head 4.66; depth 5; eye 3.25; snout 3.25; D. rv-i, 8; A.i, 22; scales 41-7. Mouth 
rather large; eye about equals snout; anal base .16 longer than head; origin of first 
dorsal nearer base of caudal fin than tip of snout. Color, light olivaceous; minute 
brown punctulations on the jaws, top of head, and around the posterior margin of 
the scales on the back. Silvery band along side about two-thirds the width of a 
scale of the ee through which it runs. (Description taken from one of the types 
of M. dentex, 4.37 inches long, U. 8. National Museum No. 18051.) 
From St. Ge River types and cotypes of M. dentex range in measurements as 
follows: Total length 2.75 to 4.37 inches; head 4.25 to 4 66; depth 4.33 to 5.25; eye 
3.33; snout 3+ to 3.33; D.1v to vi-i, 7 to 8; A. i, 20 to 24; scales 39 to 41-7 to 8. 
Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill). 
Atherina notata Mitehill, Trans. Literary and Philo. Society New York, 1, 1815, 446, New York. 
Atherina viridescens Mitchill, Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, I, 1815, 447, New York. 
Atherinichthys menidia and notata, Gunther, Cat., 111, 406, 1861. 
Menidia notata, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 407, 1883; H. M. Smith, Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission 
1890, 690; Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North and Middle America, 1, 800, 1896. 
oe length Ds 75 inches; head 4.66; depth about 6.66; eye 3.85; snout 3; dorsal 
i, 10; anal i, 23; scales 45-10. Pectoral about .16, and anal base about .2 longer 
ee head; first ea fin midway between tip of snout and base of caudal. Color, 
back translucent greenish; scales above lateral silver band thickly punctated with 
dark brown on the edges; top of head, nose, and chin dusky; iris and cheeks silvery; 
lateral silver band from behind upper part of pectoral to base of caudal, passing 
through the fifth scale of oblique series below front of first dorsal, occupying the 
lower two-thirds of the scale; silvery band, bordered above by narrow black streak; 
spines and rays of all but the ventral fins with fine dark-brown dots; few dots of 
brown on edges of scales on side below silver band; belly white. (Description from 
a specimen from Woods Hole, Mass., V. N. Edwards, collector, November 13, 1900.) 
Comparative tables of measurements of Menidia menidia and Menidia menidia notata.* 
{Mouth of St. Johns River, Florida.+] 
= | 
; : | 
4 a Ta] re 3 | Length of anal base 
Ea = =. 5 a | 2 g | = | compared with | Position of first dorsal. 
o o by ~ °o 5 aad. 
Silimlat@a@iaé|a4 4 | @ peat 
| 
Inch. | | 
4.37 | 4.66 | 5 8.25 | 3.25 |tv-i, 8 1,22 41-7 | .16longerthan head.| Nearer caudal than 
| snout. 
4.37 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 3.33 | 3.33 |Iv-i,7 | i,21 | 39-8 | .20 longer than head. Do. 
3 4.25 | 5.25 | 3.20 | 3.20 |1v-i,8 | i,24 , 40-8 | About .20 longer....| Nearer caudal. 
3 4.33 | 4.33 } 3+ 3+ v-i,7 1, 205) (41=8) 1. o8 GOnasoe seer Do. 
2.75 | 4.33 | 4.60 | 3+ 38+ v-i,8 1,25: ) 41-8 }.5..2 C6 Uo ees eee Pe Do. 
2.75 | 4.50 | 5 3+ | 3+ [Iv-i,7| 1,23 | 40-8 ..... doh eee Do. 
*No attempt has been made to separate the two forms except by locality. 
+The specimens recorded from mouth of St. Johns River, mond, are in the United States National 
Museum as types and cotypes of Menidia dentex Goode & Bean. 
