THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 211 



ing through the air sometimes for considerable distances. Two 

 species have been noted from our shores. 



Genus Cypselurus Swainson. 

 The Flying Fishes. 

 Key to the species. 



a. Dorsal and anal fins without black markings ; ventrals pale. heterurus 



aa. Dorsal and anal marked with black, former with one or more dark 



blotches, and anal with a black spot on tips of third to sixth rays ; 



ventrals black with pale edging and a white spot near base. furcatus 



Cypseiurus heterurus (Rafinesque). 

 Flying Fish. Single Bearded Flying Fish. 



I have no examples of this species. The one mentioned by Dr. 

 Abbott from Beesley's Point cannot now be found in the Museum 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 





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Flying Fish. Cypseiurus heterurus (Rafinesque). 



Bxocoetus heterurus Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XH, 1892, p. 



370- 



Bxocootiis novehoracensis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 815. 



Cypseiurus comatus Abbott, 1. c. 



Cypseiurus furcatus (Mitchlll). 

 Double Bearded Flying Fish. 



Distinguished from the preceding chiefly by the larger scales 

 which are about 46 in the lateral line and about 29 in front of 

 dorsal. 



