CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 717 



of development are referred to in the following three notes by 

 C. C. A. : 



"Argyreiosus oapillaris. Hair-finned Silver-iish. 



" Specimens of this fish are met with along our coast nearly 

 every summer, but they are never abundant. They appear dur- 

 ing August and September, and prefer the open sea. 



"Argyreiosiis vomer. Rostrated Dory. 



" This is a very rare species in our waters. The writer has 

 never met with a specimen except from southern waters. 



'' Selene argentea. 



" Described by Brevoort, in Annals Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 Vol. V. No specimen has been seen by the author." — [C. C. A.] 



S. setipinnis, Mitch. ( Vomer, browni, curtus.) Horsefish. Blunt-nosed 

 Shiner. 



Greenish above, golden silvery below; body less rounded, 

 more oblong, than in preceding, but profile nearly vertical, 

 highest over eye ; young with a blotch at origin of straight part 

 of lateral line ; snout somewhat protruding ; mouth oblique ; 

 ventrals minute; dorsal and anal very low, no long rays in 

 the adult; second dorsal and anal soft rays, twenty-one and 

 seventeen. 



"Specimens of this fine fish are taken every summer along 

 our coast. It does not appear to have favorite haunts, but it is 

 about equally distributed from Sandy Hook to Cape May." 



OHLOROSOOMBRUS, Qrd 



(Mioropteryx. Seriola.) 

 ohrysurus, L. {eosmopolita, chloris, caribbseus.) Yellow-tail. 



Body ovate, compressed, not elevated ; belly more convex than 

 back ; tail very narrow, caudal forked ; scales small, smooth ; 

 head nearly naked ; mouth small, oblique ; upper jaw protractile ; 

 teeth feeble; eye large; first dorsal of eight feeble spines ; second 

 and anal low, with twenty-six rays ; strong anal spine. Com- 

 mon southward. 



" This is not a common species in our waters." 



