2 O. B. Goode — New species of Fishes from the Bermudas. 



The length, of the head ('22) equals the greatest height of the 

 body and is double the greatest width of the head ('11) : the 

 height at the pupil ('14) is double the width of the interorbital 

 space ('07). The length of the snout ('06) equals the length of 

 the operculum ('06) ; when the mouth is protruded the length 

 of the snout is doubled ('12) and when retracted the posterior 

 extremity of the intermaxillary process extends to the vertical 

 through the center of the pupil. The nasals are very promi- 

 nent and the nostrils are nearer to the orbit than to the extrem- 

 ity of the jaw. 



The orbit is circular, its diameter (*08) one-third the length 

 of the head. The origin of the dorsal is slightly behind that 

 of the ventrals, its distance from the snout ('31) twice the length 

 of its base ('16). The dorsal spines are graduated nearly in 

 the proportion (I='02; 11=12; 111=11; IV = 10; V='09; 

 VI='085; VII='0725; VIII=-05; IX =04). The notch be- 

 tween the spinous and soft portions is very deep and the con- 

 necting membrane barely perceptible. In the soft dorsal the 

 fifth ray is the longest ('09) and equals the fifth spine, the suc- 

 ceeding rays diminishing regularly to the last, which equals the 

 ultimate spine ( - 04) ; the length of its base ("20) is greater than 

 that of the spinous dorsal. The anal begins behind the center 

 of the body ('56) ; the first spine is very short ("01), one-fifth the 

 length ("05) of the second, which is slender ; the first ray is 

 the longest ("08), the succeeding rays regularly diminishing in 

 length to the last ('03). The lobes of the caudal are equal, the 

 outer rays in length (-21) five times the inner ones ('04). The 

 extremity of the pectoral reaches the vertical from the last dor- 

 sal spine : its distance from the snout at the axilla ('25) is 

 nearly equal to the height of the body. The ventral spine re- 

 sembles the fifth dorsal spine in shape and size ; the length of 

 the longest ray (11) slightly exceeds one-third of the distance 

 from the snout to the ventral axilla ( - 30) ; the axillary append- 

 age consists of four lanceolate scales, the first and longest as 

 long as the last ventral ray. 



Color : silvery, with a bluish tint above ; axils of the pectorals 

 and extremity of snout brownish. 



Radial formula, D. IX, 10. A. II, 8. P. 12. V. I, 5. 

 C. 3, 9, 9, 3. 



The unit of measurement used above is one-hundredth of 

 the total length, which in an average specimen is 7 '29 inches 

 (M. 0. 185). The species is common in the protected inlets 

 about the islands in company with the "shad" (Diapterus gula), 

 from which it is distinguished by the name "long-boned shad :" 

 they are in demand for bait and are easily seized in large quan- 

 tities. I take pleasure in dedicating the species to his Excel- 

 lency, Maj.-Gen. J. H. Lefroy, F.R.S., Governor of the Ber- 



