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keeled; eye very large, scales minute; D. elevated behind. Green, 

 sides silvery; young with, round dark spots. D. 25. A. 26. Lat. 1. 

 520. L. 40. W. Indies, occasional N. (Lat., gaping.) 



99. SCOMBERESOX Lacepede. (Scomber + Esox.) 

 a. Jaws produced in a slender beak; the snout longer than rest of head. 



223. S. saurus (Walbaum). Saury. Skipper. Fins small; 

 C. forked. Olive, sides with distinct silvery band. Head 3^ ; 

 depth9. D. 9-VI. A. 12-VI. Lat.l. 110. L. 18. Open Atlan- 

 tic, not rare ; in large schools, skipping along the surface. (fi«.) 

 (An old name, " lizard-fish.") 



100. HEMIRAMPHUS Cuvier. (ij^t-, half ; pdn(j>os, beak.) 



ct. Ventrals inserted midway between eye and base C. ; A. about as long as 

 D., both with 14 to 16 rays; last ray of D. not produced. 



224. H. unifasciatus Kanzani. Half-beak. Green ; lower 

 jaw red ; sides with a silvery band. Head 4 J ; depth 6 to 7^. Lat. 1. 

 54. L. 12. W. Indies, etc. ; the typical form with shortish jaw, 

 from Florida Keys, S. Var. roberti, Cuv. & Val., more slender, 

 with longer lower jaw, longer than rest of head, ranges N. to Cape 

 Cod. (Lat., one-banded.) (From Va., S., occurs H. balao Le 

 Sueur, with V. midway between middle of P. and base of C.) 



lOr EULEPTORHAMPHTJS Gill. (eiXeTrrdr, very slender; 

 pafii^os, beak.) 



225. E. longirostris (Cuvier). Lower jaw much longer than 

 rest of head; no lateral band. Head 6|; depth 10. D. 22. A. 19. 

 L. 18. Open sea, occasional N. to Cape Cod. (Lat., long- 

 snouted.) 



102. PAREXOCCBTUS Bleeker. (jrapa, near; Exocoetus.) 



226. P. mesogaster (Bloch). Second ray of P. divided ; D. very 

 high. Blue ; sides silvery; D. largely black, other fins pale. Head 

 4f; depth 5. D. 12. A. 13. Lat. 1. 38. L. 6. Open sea, N. to 

 R. I. (fiea-os, middle ; yaarqp, the position of V.) 



103. HALOCYPSELUS Weinland. (SXs, sea; Kv^eXos, 



swallow.) 



227. H. evolans (L.). Second ray of P. divided ; A. nearly as 

 long as D. ; D. low ; P. dark above, pale below ; other fins pale ; 

 V. white. Head 4 ; depth 5^. D. 13. A. 13. Lat. 1. 42. L. 9. 

 Open sea, N. to Cape Cod. (Lat., flying away.) 



104. EXOCCETTJSi (Artedi) Linnaeus. (Flying-fishes.) 

 (The flying-fishes live in the open sea, swimming in large schools. 



They will "fly" a distance of from a few rods to more than an 



> For a detailed account of the American Flying-fishes, see Jordan & Meelij Proa 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, p. U. 



