PISCES. 77 



TELEOSTOMI. • ACANTHOPTERI. 



ISTIOPHORIDAE. 



Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, Syst. ichth., 1801, p. 93, 

 pi. 21. "Mediterranean." 



Mass. — Woods Hole (Baird 1873); Vineyard Sound; Buzzards 

 Bay (Smith 1898). 



R. I. — Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish comm. 1899). 



XIPHIIDAE. 



168. Xiphias gladius Linne. 



Swordfish. 



Linne, Syst. nat. ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 248. "Europa." 

 Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1853, vol. 5, p. 149, pi. 13, fig. 2; Jordan 

 & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 894. 



Me.— Off Mt. Desert (Wilhamson 1832); off Portland (Goode 

 1884); Casco Bay (B. S. N. H., Davidson coll.). 



Mass. — Marthas Vineyard; Gay Head; off Nantucket (Storer 

 1853); Woods Hole (Baird 1873); off Nomans Land (Goode 

 1879) ; Vineyard Sound (Smith 1898) ; Nantucket (Sharp & Fowler 

 1904). 



R. L — Narragansett Bay (R. L fish comm. 1899). 



Conn. — New Haven (Linsley 1844); Block Island; off Sakonnet 

 Point (Tracy 1806). 



CARANGIDAE. 



169. Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider). 

 Leather Jacket. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 898; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 138, fig. 378. 



Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. ichth., 1801, p. 321. 

 "Jamaica." 



