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which makes an acute angle with the supraorbital. American shore fishes. 

 {6tsv6<i, narrow; TOfioz, cutting; from the narrow incisors.) 



a. Body ovate, elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the 



eleventh; anterior profile steep ; pectoral shorter than head, 3J in body; snout 



short, 2i in head. chrysops, 1718. 



aa. Body elongate, ovate, the depth decreasing backward from the first dorsal spine; 



anterior profile not steep; pectoral about as long as head, SJ in body; snout 



long, half head. aculeatus, 1719. 



1718. STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS (Linnaeus). 



(Common Scup; Porgy; Scuppaug.) 



HeadSi; depth 2 .V. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 11; scales 8-50-16 ; snout short, 

 2it in head ; eye small, narrower than the preorbital, 4 to 4:^ in head ; fourth 

 dorsal spine 2, third anal spine the longest, 3. Body ovate-elliptical, the 

 depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the eleventh; anterior 

 profile steep, nape convex, a strong depression above and in front of eye, 

 straightish over snout; pectoral less than head, about 3i in bodj^, extend- 

 ing to first anal spine; a scaly sheath very couspicnous at base of soft 

 dorsal and anal fins; temporal crest obsolete; supraoccipital crest con- 

 tinuous with the frontal bones; incisor teeth very narrow, almost conical 

 in appearauce; molars in 2 rows above; gill rakers small, about 6-|-10; 

 top of head, snout, orbitals, and chin naked; scales on cheek extending 

 from upper margin of eye, the anterior row composed of from 15 to 20 

 scales; caudal fiu forked, the middle ray about 2| in longest ray. Color 

 brownish, somewhat silvery below, everywhere with bright reflections, but 

 without distinct markings in the adult; soft parts of vertical fins mottled 

 with dark in adult; young faintly barred ; axil dusky. Length about a 

 foot. Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod to South Caro- 

 lina; one of the commonest food-fishes of our Atlantic coast, especially 

 abundant northward, (^pf dog, gold; to^, eye.) 



iSpanis chrysops, Linn^ats, Syst. Nat., Ed. xtl, 471, 1766, Charleston. 



Spams urtjyrops, Linn.kus, Syst. Nat., Ed. xn, 471, 176C, Charleston; young. 



Uparus xanthurus, LACi;pfil>E, Hist. N.at. Poiss., iv, 120, 1803, Charleston; a.{ier argijrops_ 



Labrus versicolor, MrrcHii.i., Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc, I, 1815,464, New York. 



Sargus ambansis, Ci n iiier, Cat., l, 44!), 1859, New York. 



Stenotomiis c/i///.sny,.v, .Iokda.n & Gilbert, Synopsis, 556; Jordan & Fesler, I. c, 507. 



1719. STENOTOMUS ACULEATUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



(Southern Porcjy.) 



Head 3 ; depth 2^. D. XII, 12 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 8-54-15. Body elongate- 

 ovate, the depth gradually decreasing from first dorsal spine to caudal 

 peduncle; anterior profile not steep, nape slightly convex, a slight 

 depression above and behind eye, convex over snout; pectoral about as 

 long as head, 31 in body ; scaly sheath at base of soft dorsal and anal 

 inconspicuous; snout long and pointed, 2 in head; eye large, less than 

 width of preorbital, about 3| in head; interorbital area very convex; 6 

 strong conical teeth in front of upper jaw and 8 in lower; molar teeth 

 coarser and larger than in *'. chrysops; scales on cheek reaching to top of 



