26o REPORT OF XEW JERSEY STATE ^lUSEUM. 



Genus SeIvEne Lacepede. 

 The Moon Fishes. 



Selene vomer (Linnaeus). 



Plates 30 axd 31. 



Hair Finned Dory. Hair Finned Sih'er Fish. Dollar Fish. 



Head 27^; depth i^; D. iii, VH-i, 21; A. H-I, 18; eye 3 

 in snout; maxillary 1^/10; mandible i^ ; height of interorbital 





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Dollar Fish. Selene vomer (Linnsus), (Adult.) 



Space 3; width of interorbital space 3^4 J least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 4V10 J pectoral 3 in space from tip of mandible to base 

 of caudal ; ventral 2^ ; lower caudal lobe 2^4- Body very closely 

 compressed, much elevated, and profile very oblique, or nearly 

 vertical with an abrupt occipital angle. Edges of body trenchant. 

 Caudal peduncle thin, small, and compressed. Head short, very 



