4 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



True fishes — Continued. 



The bony fishes — Continued. Page 



The sailfishes. Family Istiophoridas 227 



Spearfish (Tetrapturus imperator Bloch and Schneider) 227 



The pompanos. Family Carangidae 228 



Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor Linnaeus) 229 



Rudderfish (Seriola zonata Mitchill) 230 



Mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus Cuvier and Valenciennes) 232 



Crevalle (Caranx hippos Linnaeus) 233 



Hardtail {Caranx crysos Mitchill) 234 



Moonfish (Vomer selapinnis Mitchill) 235 



Lookdo wn (Selene vomer Linnaeus) 236 



The bluefishes. Family Pomatomidae 237 



Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix Linnaeus) 237 



The mariposas. Family Lampridoe 242 



Opah (Lampris luna Gmelin) 242 



The rudderfishes. Family Centrolophidae 243 



Barrelfish (Palinurichlhys perciformis Mitchill) 243 



The butterfishes. Family Stromateidae 245 



Butterfish (Poronolus triacanthus Peck) 245 



Harvestfish (Peprilus paru Linnaeus) 250 



The sea basses. Family Serranidae 251 



Striped bass (Roccus lineatus Bloch) 251 



White perch (Morone americana Gmelin) 257 



Sea bass (Centropristes strialus Linnaeus) 259 



The Catalufas. Family Priacanthidae 261 



Big-eye (Pseudopriacanthus altus Gill) 261 



The sea breams or porgies. Family Sparidae 262 



Scup (Stenotomus chrysops Linnaeus) 263 



Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus Walbaum) 268 



The croakers or weakfishes. Family Sciaenidae 269 



Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis Bloch and Schneider) 270 



Kingfish (Menticirrhus saxatilis Bloch and Schneider) 277 



Black drum (Pogonias cromis Linnaeus) 279 



The cunners. Family Labridae 280 



Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus Walbaum) 281 



Tautog ( Ta uloga onitis Linnaeus) 286 



The John Dories. Family Zeidae 291 



John Dory (Zenopsis ocellatus Storer) 291 



The triggerfishes. Family Balistidae 293 



Triggerfish (Batistes carolinensis Gmelin) 293 



The filefishes. Family Monacanthidae 294 



FUefish (Monacanthus hispidus Linnaeus) 295 



Filefish (Monacanthus ciliatus Mitchill) 296 



Orange filefish (Alutera schxpfii Walbaum) 296 



The puffers and porcupine-fishes. Families Tetraodontidae and Diodontidae_ 297 



Puffer (Spheroides maculatus Bloch and Schneider) 298 



Burrfish (Chilomycterus schcepfii Walbaum) 300 



The headfishes. Family Molidae 301 



Sunfish (Mola mola Linnaeus) 301 



The rockfishes. Family Scorpaenidae 304 



Rosefish (Sebastes marinus Linnaeus) 304 



Black-bellied rosefish (Helicolenus maderensis Goode and Bean) 313 



