91. SCLENID.E SCLZENA. 571 



rather large, equal to snout, 4 in head. Preorbital narrow. Head 3; 

 depth about 3. D. XI-I, 22 ; A. II, 9 ; Lat. 1. 50. Cape Cod to Florida j 

 abundant southward. 



(Perca punctata Linn. Syst. Nat. (two species of the same name): Bodiamis argyrolc- 

 ticus Mitch. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 417, pi. 6, fig. 3: Cortina argyroleuca Giin- 

 ther, ii, 299: Homoprion xanthurus Holbrook, Ich. S. Car. 1830, 164.) 



art. Teeth in lioth jaws in broad bands. 



c. Preopercle with its bony margin serrate. 



d. Outer teeth in upper jaw considerably enlarged. (Sc'xcnops* Gill.) 



897. S. jacofoi (Steiud.) J. & G. 



Body moderately elevated; mouth moderate, rather inferior; maxil- 

 lary reaching middle of eye ; outer row of teeth in each jaw slender, 

 somewhat enlarged, those in upper jaw much larger than in lower; pre- 

 opercle finely serrate. Dorsal spines very slender, the fourth half length 

 of head, higher than the soft rays; second anal spine more than twice 

 as strong as dorsal spines, as long as from middle of .eye to edge of 

 opercle,' lower than the soft rays. Caudal truncate or slightly concave ; 

 pectoral shorter than veutrals, the first ray of the latter being filamen- 

 tous. Scales on body and head ctenoid. Silvery gray, darker above; 

 three dark brown longitudinal stripes along sides, the lower broadest, 

 extending from eye to middle of caudal, the middle one running to upper 

 edge of tail, the upper to soft dorsal; below these stripes are some- 

 times feebler ones, besides brownish lines following the rows of scales ; 

 fins plain, more or less punctulate; markings probably less distinct in 

 the adult. Head 3; drpth 3. D." X-I, 27 j A. II, 8; scales 11-56-10. 

 San Diego, California. (Steindachner.) 



(Cortina (Jolmius) jacobi Steiud. Ichth. Beitriige, viii, 3, 1879. 



89. S. oeeliata (L.) Gthr. Channel Bass; Red Horse; lied Bass. 



Grayish silvery, iridescent ; scales with dark spots forming faint ir- 

 regular undulating sti ipes ; upper part of base of caudal with an oval 

 black spot as large as the eye, bordered by white or orange, this spot 

 often duplicated. Body rather elongate, not much elevated, compressed 

 behind, an almost even curve from snout to base of dorsal ; preopercle 

 distinctly serrate ; eye large, 1 in snout, 5 in head ; gill-rakers short 

 and thick ; mouth large, maxillary nearly reaching the posterior mar- 

 gin of the orbit. Caudal truncate ; second anal spine rather strong, two- 

 thirds as long as first ray; pectoral fins very short, not reaching half 

 way to anal. Lower pharyugeals narrow, with conical teeth. Head 3i" r ; 



* Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Id63, 30: type Perca oeeliata L. (Gniaiva, sciaina; 

 <y^, appearance.) 



