91. SCI,ENID,E CYNOSCION. 581 



I, 25, Giinther) A. I, 10 ; Lat. 1. about G8. (HolbrooTe.) Coast of South 

 Carolina and southward. 



(OtoUthus nothus Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 134: OtoUthus nolluts Giinther, ii, 308.) 

 cc. Back irregularly speckled and blotched, the spots forming undulating streaks. 



9fl5. C. regale (Bloch & Schneider) Gill. Weak-fish; Squeteague; Gray Trout. 



Silvery, darker above aud marked with many small, irregular dark 

 blotches, some of which form undulating lines running downward and 

 forward; back and head with bright reflections; dorsal and caudal 

 fins dusky ; ventrals, anal, and lower edge of caudal yellowish, some- 

 times speckled. Maxillary reaching to beyond pupil ; teeth sharp, in nar- 

 row bands. Pectorals short, scarcely reaching tips of ventrals, a little 

 more than half length of head ; longest dorsal spine as long as maxillary, 

 not half length of head. Head 3 in length ; depth 4J. Eye about 1 

 in snout. D. X-I, 29; A. I, 13; Lat. 1. 78. Cape Cod to South Amer- 

 ica; very abundant, and highly valued as a food-fish. 



(Johnius rerjalis Bl. & Schn. 1801, 75: OtoUthus regalis Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 129: 

 Otolitluis reqalis Giiuther, ii, 307.) 



9:6. C. thalassitnurai (Holb.) Gill. 



Silvery, darker above, and marked with many interrupted narrow 

 dark lines, directed from back obliquely forwards ; belly yellow, the 

 color running up on the sides. Body longer and less elevated than in 

 the preceding, and with a sharper snout. Head 3i in length; depth 

 about 4^. D. X-I, 26 ; A. I, 9. South Atlantic coast of United States. 

 A doubtful species, distinguished from C. regale by the fewer tin rays. 



( OtoUthus thalassinus Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 133 ; not OtoUthus tlialassinus Giin- 

 ther, ii, 308.) 

 l)bb. Back aud upper fins with many conspicuous round hlack spots. 



917. C. manBiBalum (Mitchill) Gift. Spotted Sea Trout. 



Bright silvery, darker above ; back posteriorly with numerous round 

 black spots as large as the pupil; both dorsal and caudal fins marked 

 with similar, somewhat smaller spots, much as in a trout ; anal dusky. 

 Maxillary reaching to posterior edge of eye ; canines moderate. Long- 

 est dorsal spine not quite half the length of the head ; pectorals short, 

 not reaching tips of ventrals, not half length of head ; caudal lunate. 

 Head 3; depth 5. Eye large, about 6 in head. D. X-I, 25; A. 1, 10; 

 Lat. 1. about 90. Virginia to Mexico ; very abundant southward. 



(Labrus squeteague var. macnlatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. i, 396, 1815: 0/0- 

 Uthus carolinensis Cuv. &Val. ix, 475: OtoUlhus carolinensis Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 

 72: OtoUthus carolinensis Giiuther, ii, 306: OtoUlhus drummondi Girard, U. S. Mex. 

 Bound Surv. Ichth. 1859,13; not of Richardson ?.) 



