. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 158 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 134. TYLOSURUS RAPHIDOMA (Ranzani). Hound-fisli. Belone raphidoma Ranzani, Novi Conunentarii Academise Scieutiamm Instituti Bononiensis, v, 1842, 359, pi. 37, fig. 1; Brazil. Tylosurus raphidoma, Jordan & Evermann, 1896,715, pi. cxvi, fig. 308. Linton, 1905,357; Beaufort. Diagnosis.—Body slightly compressed, comparatively short, the depth about .08 total length with caudal, equal to postorbital part of head and contained less than 4 times in total length of head; head less than .33 length, broad; space between eyes abou
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 158 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 134. TYLOSURUS RAPHIDOMA (Ranzani). Hound-fisli. Belone raphidoma Ranzani, Novi Conunentarii Academise Scieutiamm Instituti Bononiensis, v, 1842, 359, pi. 37, fig. 1; Brazil. Tylosurus raphidoma, Jordan & Evermann, 1896,715, pi. cxvi, fig. 308. Linton, 1905,357; Beaufort. Diagnosis.—Body slightly compressed, comparatively short, the depth about .08 total length with caudal, equal to postorbital part of head and contained less than 4 times in total length of head; head less than .33 length, broad; space between eyes about .66 length of post- orbital part of head, with a broad shallow groove; jaws comparatively short,strong, upper jaw (anterior to eye) less than 2 times remainder of head; teeth large, strong, knife-like; eye less than .33 postorbital part of head and contained times in interorbital space; maxillary entirely covered by preorbital; scales in lateral series about 350; cheeks closely scaled, opercles scaled only anteriorly; dorsal rays 21 to 24, height of longest rays about equal to postorbital region; anal rays 22 to 24, the fin similar to dorsal; caudal deeply concave, the upper lobe much longer than lower; ventrals inserted halfway between eye and base of caudal, their length less than pectorals. Color: green above, silvery on sides and below, no lateral stripe; dorsal, cau- dal, and pectorals blackish; caudal keel black. (rapMdo??ia,from ropMs,asharpinstrument.) This large hound-fish is a rare straggler to the United States coast north of Florida, its normal range being the West Indies and northern South America. The only North Carolina record is that of a 3-foot specimen taken at Beaufort August 26, 1901. The species attains a length of 5 feet, and is a hound-fish par excellence, its leaps out of the water making'it dangerous to fishermen. 135. TYLOSURUS AOUS (Lac^pede). Hound-fish; Sphyrana acus Lac^pbde, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, v, 6, pi. 1, fig. 2,
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