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profile very convex to base of snout ; second anal spine much 

 enlarged ; inside of mouth red ; soft part of fins scaled ; caudal 

 forked. Dorsal rays, XII, 17; anal rays, III, 9; lateral- 

 line scales, 55. 



"A single specimen of this fish was taken in Delaware Bay, 

 in July, 1867, and is now in the possession of the writer. It is 

 a rare visitor to our waters." 



D. aurolineatus, Cuv. & Val. (chrysopterus, quadrilineatum.) Yellow- 

 finned Red-mouth. 



Olive brown above ; sides silvery ; mouth large, red ; back 

 less elevated than in preceding ; profile nearly straight ; a narrow 

 bronze band from snout through eye to caudal, and three or four 

 stripes on head and anterior part of body ; vomer, &c., tooth- 

 less ; soft part of fins scaled ; dorsal continuous. Dorsal rays, 

 XIII, 15 ; anal rays, III, 8 ; lateral-line scales, 55. 



" This species is more frequently met with than the preceding, 

 but is only a visitor to our waters. The writer has seen them 

 exposed for sale in the Trenton fish-market." [C. C. A.] 



LOBOTBS, Cuv. 



(Holocentrus, Bloch.) 



L. surinamensis, Bloch. (auctorum, erate.) Flasher. Black Triple- tail. 

 Blackish above, becoming silvery gray on sides, often blotched 

 and tinged with yellow ; fins dusky ; head small, profile concave 

 in front, convex from occiput to dorsal ; scales on opercle large, 

 small around eye ; pectorals shorter than ventrals, spines lower 

 than soft dorsal ; caudal fin convex ; jaws with bands of villiform 

 teeth, in front of which are a series of larger ones; none on 

 vomer. Dorsal rays, XII, 16; anal rays, III, 11; lateral- 

 line scales, 47 ; length, 2 to 3 feet. 



" This is not a common species in our waters. The museum 

 of the Philadelphia Academy contains specimens from Beesley's 

 Point, and from Cape May." 



STBNOTOMUS, Gill. 

 (Sparus. Fagrus.) 



S. chrysops, L. (aculeatus, argyrops.) Southern Porgee. Gilt-head. 



Differs from following in having body larger, less elevated, 

 more elongated, with coarser molar teeth; color silvery, with 



