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502 — Storer on the 
severally notice as being found in Newfoundland 
and New York, it is impossible to judge whether 
it was the *Zobianus" or lancea," or either of 
them. trust the following description, drawn up 
from the largest of a number of specimens sent me 
from Holmes Hole by. Dr. Yale, will serve to settle 
the point with some approach to accuracy. 
Length of the specimen six and a half inches. 
Greatest depth, half an inch; greatest width, less 
than three lines. Back of a dirty yellowish brown 
color. Top of the head and upper part of the oper- 
cula, slate colored ; this slate or silvery blue color _ 
passes down over the opercula in a broad band to the - 
tail, giving the fish a beautifully brilliant appear- 
ance; beneath this, the sides and abdomen are sil- * y 
very. The distance from the extremity of the snout — ^ ‘ 
to the end of the gill-covers, is to the whole length — 
. of the fish as 1 to 5. Depth of the body equal to 
. one third the length of the head. Lower jaw pro 
jecting beyond the upper, and terminated by a conr : 
cal tip. Gill-covers silvery ; from the anterior infe- 
rior portion of the operculum, a few slight striæ pass 
obliquely upwards, backwards, and downwards to 
the posterior margin of the operculum. Nostrils 
double, and situated half way between the eyes and 
the snout. Pupil of the eye black; iris silvery ; 
diameter of the eye, one line. Lateral line indented 
and straight. — — es 
The Dorsal fin commences two lines back of the 
posterior angle of the gill-covers, on a line ‘with the 
end of the pectorals ; this fin is situated in a groove 
throughout its whole length, and terminates two _ 
lines from the base of the caudal fin. 
