FISHES OF NEW YOKK 659 



Depth of body contained four times in its length in the young, 

 three and one fourth times in the adult. Eye small, its diameter 

 contained five and one half times in interorbital space. Naked 

 space between forks of Y on top of head short and broad, but 

 longer than the vertical limb of the Y, which is very short. Two 

 distinct epinules directed forward before eye; white spots on 

 body very small and irregular, without dark rings; base of dor- 

 sals equaling in length the distance from front of first dorsal to 

 tip of snout; base of first dorsal twice length of its longest spine; 

 first spine equaling second in length, and three times length of 

 last. Middle caudal rays a little shorter than ventral fin. 

 Pectoral slightly longer than ventral, two sevenths of total 

 length to caudal base, and extending to fifth anal ray. 



D. IV or V, 13 or 14; A. 13; V. I, 5. 



Color of upper parts of body and lower jaw bright chocolate; 

 belly and throat white; darker portions covered with numerous 

 circular spots much lighter than ground color; membrane of 

 first dorsal black; second dorsal white with three irregular bands 

 of dull black obliquely across it; the caudal with three 

 parallel bands of blackish brown, the middle of which appears to 

 be the continuation of a variable longitudinal band on the center 

 of each side; the anal having a variable band of dull brown, 

 darker upon the posterior termination. 



If the young stargazer identified as Astroscopus ano- 

 p 1 u ® by the writer in his paper on the Fishes of tlie Oreat Egg 

 Harbor Bay, be identical with the A. guttatus of Abbott, 

 the following notes will be of interest in connection with the 

 species under discussion: 



A single young individual, 1 inch long, was seined at Ocean 

 City, August 1. The species has not previously been recorded 

 from this bay. 



Another example, 2\ inches long, was caught at Longport, 

 August 26, not far from the inlet. The colors of the specimen, 

 August 28, are as follows: Top of head, cheeks, sides, and a nar- 

 row strip along dorsal bases, plum color; back, olive; lower part 

 of head, belly, ventrals, anal, and soft dorsal, whitish; caudal. 



