. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 176 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. the angle usually not extending as far back as eye; jaws weak, each with a band of small teeth; maxillary slipping behind preorbital, premaxillaries very protractile; scales rather large, with entire margins, no scales on dorsal and anal fins; dorsal fins short, the first with 4 to 6 spines, the second with one spine and 6 to 11 soft rays. The silversides of this genus found on the east coast are considered in detail in an interesting paper by Kendall, in the Report of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1901 (pp. 241-267, 6 plat
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 176 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. the angle usually not extending as far back as eye; jaws weak, each with a band of small teeth; maxillary slipping behind preorbital, premaxillaries very protractile; scales rather large, with entire margins, no scales on dorsal and anal fins; dorsal fins short, the first with 4 to 6 spines, the second with one spine and 6 to 11 soft rays. The silversides of this genus found on the east coast are considered in detail in an interesting paper by Kendall, in the Report of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1901 (pp. 241-267, 6 plates of species). Silversides are eaten on the Middle Atlantic coast under the name of "whitebait", but their direct economic value is small. Owing, however, to their great abundance and wide distribution they must be among the most important foods of many of the common food fishes of the coast. There are numerous species, and at least two occur in North Carolina waters, as follows: i. Anal rays i + 22 or 23; beginning of dorsal fin nearer to base of caudal than to tip of snout. menidia. ii. Anal rays i+17 or 18; beginning of dorsal nearer to tip of snout than to base of caudal. beryllina. {Menidia, an old Latin name for some small silvery fish.) 152. MENIDIA MENIDIA (LinnsBUs). "Sardine"; Silverside; Smelt. Atherina menidia Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 519,1766; Charleston, S. C. Chirostama menidium, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 383;'Beaufort. Menidia menidia, Jenkins, 1885, 11; Beaufort Harbor. Jordan, 1886, 27; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 87; Beau- fort Harbor. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 800. Kendall, Silversides of Genus Menidia of East Coast of United States, 1902, 264-267, text cut; Fort Macon and Wilmington, N. C. Linton, 1905, 360; Fig. 69. Silverside. Menidia menidia. Diagnosis.—Depth .2 length; head contained to 5 in length; mouth large; eye equal to snout and contained times in head; scales in lateral series 40 to 45, in t
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