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Soft dorsal and anal scaly. Color translucent pale sandy-brown^ 

 each scale of back peppered with dusky, many dots on each scale. 

 Snout and mandible dusky. A broad bright silvery band ^ 

 width of orbit on side covering third row of scales and bounded 

 above by a narrow leaden line in preserved examples, though not 

 dusted with dark points. Caudal and dorsal dusky, other fins 

 paler. Iris and side of head silvery. Length 4}^ inches. Ocean 

 City. 



Color in life of the above translucent pale sandy-brown gener- 

 ally, and the pattern very similar to Menidia menidia notata. 

 Each scale on back with small dusky points or dots, much darker 

 than those of Menidia menidia no fata. A rather broad lateral 

 silvery band, much wider than pupil and but little less than width 

 of orbit, extending from axil of pectoral to base of caudal. 

 Upper margin of silvery lateral band bordered narrowly with 

 slaty-green so that line of demarcation is sharp. Lateral band 

 also of about more or less even width entire length of its course. 

 Top of head and snout brownish with greenish reflections, and 

 dotted a little like scales on back. Lower jaw also sprinkled 

 with a few pale dots. Head and iris otherwise burnished with 

 bright silver. Inside of gill-opening punctuated with brownish 

 and dusky. Peritoneum showing through bright silvery. Fins 

 all more or less dull or pale transparent brown, lower ones 

 scarcely paler. 



This beautiful little fish was found fairly abundant on the bar 

 at Ocean City in company with Menidia menidia notata, Trachi- 

 notus caroliniis, Anchovia mitchilli and Menticirrhiis saxatilis. 

 It was taken mostly however with Menidia menidia notata 

 which it greatly resembles, there being little difference in the 

 colors of the living animals. Menidia menidia notata however 

 may easily be distinguished by the paler back, not so peppery in 

 appearance, and the much narrower lateral silvery streak. Kirt- 

 landia also appeared to fall a little small in size as compared with 

 Menidia, as most all of my examples taken were much smaller. 

 The Trachinotus is the longest too die of any of the above men- 

 tioned fishes when taken from the water. 



Menidia laciniata Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 146. 



