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hind origin of pectoral, reaching first anal spine. Color silvery, 

 back leaden-brownish. About 6 broad deeper-colored vertical 

 bands on side. Hardly a trace of an opercular spot. Fins pale. 

 Length i^ inches. Squan River. 



I have but the single young example, described above, from 

 our coast, where it is rare. 



Genus Alectis Rafinesque. 



The Thread Fishes. 



Alectis crinitus (Mitchill). 



Shoe Maker. 



Distinguished by the high filamentous dorsal lobe, the first 5 

 or 6 rays being produced. 



No examples before me from our coast, from which it has 

 been rarely reported, and can only be considered a straggler from 

 tropical America. 



Blepharichthys crinitus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 813. 



Genus Vomer Cuvier. 



The Plough Fishes. 



Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill). 



Plate 29. 

 Moon Fish. Blunt Nosed Shiner. 



Close to the next, but distinguished chiefly by the presence of 

 scutes on the straight portion of the lateral line, though almost 

 obsolete. The body is broadly ovate. 



I have no examples. It occurs occasionally on our coast, how- 

 ever, generally distributed by the Gulf Stream. 



Vomer setipinnis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 813. — ]\Ioore, 

 Bull. U. S. F. Com., XH, 1892, p. 361. 



