CONTENTS VII 



Bony fishes. Class Osteichthyes — Continued P»w 



Bluefishes. Family Pomatomidae 382 



Bluefish Pomatomus saltalrix (Linnaeus) 383 



Sea basses. Family Serranidae 389 



Striped bass Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum) 389 



White perch Morone americana (Gmelin) 405 



Sea bass Centropristes striatus (Linnaeus) 407 



Wreckfish Polyprion americanus (Bloch and Schneider) 409 



Catalufas or Big Eyes. Family Priacanthidae 410 



Short big-eye Pseudopriacanlhus altus (Gill) 410 



Porgies. Family Sparidae 411 



Scup Stenotomus versicolor (Mitchill) 411 



Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum) 416 



Croakers, Drums, and Weakfishes. Family Sciaenidae 417 



Weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider) 417 



Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Lacfipede 423 



Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis ( Bloch and Schneider) 423 



Black drum Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus) 425 



Tilefishes. Family Branchiostegidae 426 



Tilefish Lopholalilus chamaeleonticeps Goode and Bean 426 



Rockfishes. Family Scorpaenidae 430 



Rosefish Sebastes marinus (Linnaeus) 430 



Black-bellied rosefish Helicolenus dactyloplerus (De La Roche) 437 



Boarfishes. Family Caproidae 438 



Boarfish Antigonia capros Lowe 438 



Sculpins and Sea Ravens. Families Cottidae and Hemitripteridae 439 



Hook-eared sculpin Arlediellus uncinatus (Reinhardt) 440 



Mailed sculpin Triglops ommatislius Gilbert 441 



Grubby Myoxocephalus aeneus (Mitchill) 443 



Shorthorn sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus) 445 



Longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill) 449 



Staghorn sculpin Gymnocanthus tricuspis (Reinhardt) 452 



Arctic sculpin Cottunculus microps Collett 453 



Sea raven Hemitriplerus americanus (Gmelin) 454 



Alligatorfishes. Family Agonidae 457 



Alligatorfish Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch) 457 



Lumpfishes. Family Cyclopteridae 459 



Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus 459 



Spiny lumpfish Eumicrotremus spinosus (MtiUer) 463 



Sea snails. Family Liparidae 464 



Sea snail Neoliparis atlanticus Jordan and Evermann 464 



Striped sea snail Liparis liparis (Linnaeus) 466 



Sea robins or Gurnards and Armored sea robins. Families Triglidae and Peristediidae— 467 



Common sea robin Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus) 467 



Striped sea robin Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus) 470 



Armored sea robin Peristedion minialum Goode 471 



Flying gurnards. Family Dactylopteridae 472 



Flying gurnard Dactyloplerus volitans (Linnaeus) 472 



Cunner Tribe or Wrasses. Family Labridae 473 



Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum) 473 



Tautog Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus) 478 



Remoras. Family Echeneidae 484 



Shark sucker Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 485 



Swordfish sucker Remora brachyptera (Lowe) 486 



Remora Remora remora (Linnaeus) 487 



Sand launces. Family Ammodytidae 487 



Sand launce Ammodytes americanus DeKay 488 



