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257. Exonautes vinciguerrse Jordan and Meek. 

 Flying-fish. 



Pelagic, and rising out of the water sails or springs through the air. 



Open Atlantic: extends from off Newfoundland southward, and occurs in the Gulf of 

 Mexico: coasts of southern Europe. 



258. Cypselurus heterurus Rafinesque. 

 Flying-fish. 



Pelagic, and rising out of the water sails or springs through the air. 

 Grand Banks, Newfoundland, extending to both coasts of Atlantic Ocean. 



259. Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt. 

 Sand Launce: Lant. 

 Marine: sandy shores. 



Labrador and Greenland, southward to Cape Cod. 



260. Ammodytes americanus De Kay. 

 Sand Launce: Sand Lant. 

 Marine: sandy shores. 



Maritime Provinces, Gaspe Basin, Labrador, and Newfoundland: southward to Cape Hat- 

 teras, North Carolina. i 



261. Ammodytes personatus Girard. 

 Sand Launce. 



Marine: "burying itself in the sand." 



British Columbia: shores of the Pacific from California to Alaska, including the Aleutian 

 Islands, and westward to Japan. 



262. Menidia menidia notata* Mitchill. 

 Silverside. 



Marine. 



Maritime Provinces and southward. 



263. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. 

 Lake Silverside: Skipjack. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Great Lakes region and Mississippi valley southward to the southern United States. 



264. Atherinopsis californiensis Girard. 

 Pescado del Rey: California Smelt. 



Marine. , 



.Ordinary range coast of California: three mounted specimens in the Canadian ■ Fisheries 

 ■ ■ • Museum were obtained by Mr. S. F. Denton, taxidermist, in British Columbia. 



*"An examination of numerous specimens of Menidia from various places between Florida and Halifax'shows 

 that M.-yiotatu, and If. menidia .intergrade perfectly. The first will therefore stand as Menidia menidia nofaia." 

 Jordan and Evermann. 



