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118. Scup ; Porgy ; Sand Porgee (StciiotoniHS clirysops Linnreus). 



Lahrus versicolor Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 404, pi. Ill, fig. 7, 1815, 



New York. 

 Sargus arenosus DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 91, pi. 22, fig. 67, 1842, Long Island; 



young. 

 Pagrus argyrops DeKay, op. cit. 95, pi. IX, fig. 25, 1842; adult. 

 Diplodus argyrops Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 557, 1883. 

 Steiwtomiis chrysops Bean, Bull. U.,S. F. C, VII, 142, 1888; 19th Rept. Comm. Fish. N. 



Y., 26t, pi. XIV, fig. 18, 1S90; Jordan & Fesler. Rept. U. S. F. C. 1889 to 1891, 



507, 1893; Bean, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 366, 1897; H. M. Smith, Bull. \5. 



S. F. C. 1897, 100, 1898; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1346, 



1898, pi. CCXI, fig. 544, 1900; Bean, 52d Ann. Rept. N. Y. State Mus., 106, 1900; 



Sherwood & Edwards, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1901, 28, 1901. 



SCUP. 



Color silvery, with bright reflections, dusky above, upper part of head deep 

 brown ; dorsal horn color, the last rays with a yellowish tinge ; a.xil of pectoral 

 dusky; young with five or six dusky bars; iris golden, mottled with silvery and 

 brownish. Length, about i foot. 



The Scup is one of our best known fishes. In many places it is better known 

 under the name Porgee. Mitchill and DeKay described it as the Big Porgee. 

 Another spelling for the same name is Pogy. Scup is an abbreviation of Scuppaug, 

 which in turn is a shorter form for the Narragansett name, Mishcuppauog. The 

 name Fairmaid, which is said to be given to the Scup on the Virginia coast, does not 

 rightfully belong to this species, but rather to the Sailor's Choice {Lagodon). The 



