FOWLER: NEW ENGLAND FLSHES. 121 
diameter longer in smaller examples. Ventral inserted about mid- 
way between caudal l)ase and hind preopercle edge. Dorsal and 
anal densely scaly. Rakers 10 + 25. Length Gi? to lOj inches. 
It seems hardly likely that //. rnhcrti is distinct, as the above 
material is largely intermediate. 
ScOMBERESOCroAE. 
Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum). — NeAvport (Powell and Dunn). 
Beloxidae. 
Tylosurus marinus (Walbaum). — Woods Hole. 
Tylosurus acus (Lacepede). — Nantucket. 
Sphyraenidae. 
Sphyraena borealis De Kay. — Woods Hole. 
Atherinidae. 
Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill). — Maine (Slack), Cape Cod 
(Slack), Woods Hole, and Xantucket. 
MUGILIDAE. 
Mugil cephalus Linne. — Woods Hole. 
Mugil curema Valenciennes. — Woods Hole. 
SCOMBRIDAE. 
Scomber scombrus Linne. — Gloucester, Woods Hole, and New- 
port. 
Auxis thazard (Lacepede). — Newport. 
Sarda sarda (Bloch). — Woods Hole. 
