450 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [64] 



BELONIDJE. 



117. Tylosurus marmus (Bl. Schn.) Jor. &Gilb. Gar-fish; 



Bill-fish ; Needle-fish ; Silver Gar-fish. 



Belone longirostris, Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, p. 116, September 

 19, 1879. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Maine to 

 Florida, southward to Brazil ; Gulf of Mexico. 



This species ascends far up the streams. It reaches a 

 length of nearly 4 feet. In Washington market it is 

 occasionally offered for sale without the head ; but 

 the green bones make it unpopular. 



32516. Florida. J. W. Milner. 



118. Tyiosurus notatus (Poey) Jor. & Gilb. 



West Indies ; Gulf of Mexico. 



32600. Charlotte Harbor, Florida. J. A. Henshall. 



SCOMBRESOCnXE. 



119. Exoceetus mesogaster Bloch. Flying-fish. 



Exocoetus Mllianus Gosse, Nat. Sojourn Jam., p. 11, tab. 1, fig. 1. 



West Indies ; Gulf of Mexico ; Atlantic coast of the 

 United States, north to South Carolina. 



This species is not uncommon at Pensacola; judging 

 from the museum collections it is more abundant there 

 than any other species. 



31907. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



1 20. Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Eanz. 



Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to Panama ; common on 

 the coast of the Southern United States ; Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



26566. Florida. Silas Stearns. 



ESOCIDtE. 



121. Esox americaraus Gmel. Banded Pickerel. 



United States east of the Alleghanios from Massachu- 

 setts to Florida, generally abundant. 



This is one of the small pickerel, not much exceeding 

 12 inches in leugth. 

 32626. Elbow Creek, trib. of Indian River, Florida. Dr. J. A. Henshall. 



