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Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill). 



Silverside. Silversides. Sand Smelt. 



Head 4^; depth 6j4 ; D. IV-I, i, 9; A. I, i, 22, i ; scales 

 46 in lateral series from gill-opening above to base of caudal and 

 4 more on latter; 10 scales between origin of spinous dorsal and 

 that of anal; 28 scales before spinous dorsal; snout 3^^ in head; 

 eye 3}^ ; maxillary ^j/s; mandible 2%; interorbital space 3 J4 ; 

 second dorsal .spine 2^ ; first branched dorsal ray i^Ao ; first 

 branched anal ray i^Ao ; upper caudal lobe nearly i ; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2^; pectoral ij4; ventral 2. Body long, 

 slender, compressed. Caudal peduncle compressed. Head com- 

 pressed, mandible forming oblique profile. Snout flattened 

 above, a trifle broader than long. Eye large, rounded, a little 



Silverside. Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill), 



longer than deep. Mouth horizontal, wide, and jaws equal. 

 Teeth rather large, conic, those in upper inner series a little en- 

 larged. Maxillary nearly vertical, about 7^ of space to orbit. 

 Nostrils superior, w^ell separated, posterior close in front of eye 

 above. Interorbital space broad and flattened. Gill-rakers 6 + 

 15, slender, lanceolate, and longest about equal to diameter of 

 pupil. Scales large, C3'xloid, more or less of uniform size or 

 becoming reduced and crowded on base of caudal. Lateral 

 line of simple tubes, rather obscure. Spinous dorsal inserted 

 nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, first 2 spines longest, and 

 fin reaching a trifle over half of space to rayed dorsal. Rayed 

 dorsal inserted nearer tip of pectoral than base of caudal, and 



