﻿THREE 
  NEW 
  SCIAEXID 
  FISHES 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  

  

  125 
  

  

  (fig. 
  5, 
  a) 
  ; 
  the 
  «2:ill 
  rakers 
  moderately 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  contained 
  less 
  

   than 
  twice 
  in 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  eye; 
  the 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  the 
  pelvics 
  

   ending 
  in 
  a 
  filament. 
  

  

  Stellifer^ 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  mouth, 
  somewhat 
  intermediate 
  between 
  

   BairdieUa 
  and 
  Ophios^cion^ 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  inferior 
  in 
  position 
  than 
  in 
  

   BairdieUa 
  but 
  not 
  ventral 
  in 
  position 
  as 
  in 
  Ophioscion; 
  the 
  snout 
  

   projecting 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw; 
  low^er 
  jaw 
  

   with 
  teeth 
  in 
  a 
  narrow 
  villiform 
  band, 
  the 
  inner 
  row 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  

   little 
  enlarged; 
  the 
  pair 
  of 
  small 
  pores 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  chin 
  separated 
  

   by 
  a 
  small 
  bony 
  knol) 
  (fig. 
  o, 
  d) 
  ; 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  lacking 
  a 
  

   lobe 
  at 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  median 
  pore 
  near 
  margin 
  of 
  snout 
  

  

  b 
  d 
  

  

  Figure 
  5. 
  — 
  Diagrammatic 
  sketches 
  of 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   underside 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  of 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  sciaenid 
  fishes: 
  a. 
  Snout 
  tip 
  of 
  BairdieUa 
  

   chrysura 
  (Laccpede); 
  h, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  of 
  B. 
  chrysura; 
  c, 
  snout 
  tip 
  of 
  Stdlifer 
  rastrifer 
  (Jor- 
  

   dan); 
  d, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  of 
  S. 
  rastrifer; 
  e, 
  snout 
  tip 
  of 
  Ophioscion 
  typicus 
  Gill 
  (type, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

   No. 
  22861); 
  /, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  of 
  0. 
  typicus. 
  

  

  (fig, 
  5, 
  c) 
  ; 
  the 
  gill 
  rakers 
  slender 
  and 
  long, 
  equal 
  to 
  eye 
  or 
  contained 
  

   in 
  it 
  fewer 
  than 
  two 
  times; 
  the 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  the 
  pelvic 
  fins 
  ending 
  

   in 
  a 
  filament. 
  

  

  Op/i/osc!on, 
  wilh 
  the 
  mouth 
  in 
  a 
  somewhat 
  ventral 
  position, 
  the 
  

   lower 
  jaw 
  included 
  and 
  jaws 
  nearly 
  horizonlal, 
  with 
  the 
  snout 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  ; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  

   Ijand 
  of 
  villiform 
  teeth, 
  none 
  of 
  whicii 
  is 
  enlarged; 
  the 
  pair 
  of 
  small 
  

   l)ores 
  at 
  midtij) 
  of 
  hnver 
  jaw 
  close 
  together 
  and 
  usually 
  lying 
  in 
  a 
  

   sliallow 
  depression 
  (fig. 
  5, 
  /) 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  bearing 
  

   a 
  short, 
  blunt 
  lobe 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  median 
  |)()re 
  (fig. 
  5, 
  e) 
  ; 
  

   file 
  gill 
  rakers 
  usually 
  short, 
  not 
  slender, 
  and 
  coiitaiiied 
  more 
  than 
  

   •J. 
  4 
  to 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  eye; 
  (he 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  the 
  |»el\ir 
  liiis 
  ending 
  in 
  

   a 
  filament, 
  usually 
  white. 
  

  

  Thorugh 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Tiiomas 
  Barbour, 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Comj^arative 
  Zoology, 
  I 
  ha\e 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  some 
  of 
  (lu^ 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  dewribed 
  by 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Kigenmann 
  in 
  l.ss!) 
  in 
  llieii- 
  review 
  of 
  

  

  