Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1425 



minute cilia; third and fourth dorsal spines about 1\ in head ; second anal 

 spine short, \ shorter than the tirst anal ray, its tip scarcely reaching 

 end of last ray when spine is depressed, 3 in head; scales large, ctenoid; 

 anal and soft dorsal with a scaly sheath at base. Color in life, grayish 

 olive above, with some silvery ; below, clear silver white ; back with 7 to 

 9 rather conspicuous darker vertical bars extending to below middle of 

 sides ; fins dusky olive ; an.il fin and lower rays of caudal yellow ; ventrals 

 orange yellow, dusky towards tip ; lower side of head very bright silvery ; 

 inside of month and lining of gill cavity, cheeks and opercles with some 

 light yellow. South Atlantic coast of the United States, from Chesapeake 

 Bay to Galveston, Texas; occasionally straying north to Woods Hole, 

 not common, found in rather deep water, {fasciatus, banded.) 



Larimus fasciatus, Holbkook, Ichth. South Carolina, 153, pi. 22, fig. 1, 1860, Charleston; 

 GiJNTHER, Cat., n, 269, I860; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 578, 1883 ; Jordan &. Eigen- 

 MANN, I. c, 376, 1889. 



577. ODONTOSCION, Gill. 



Odontoscion, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Thila., 1862, 18 (dentex). 



This genus differs from Larimus mainly in the presence of canines and 

 may be described as a Larimus armed with canine teeth. It also approaches 

 closely to Bairdiella, from which it dift'ers in lacking the plectroid spine on 

 the preopercle, and in the dentition, the group Elattarchus lying between 

 the two, as does also the closely related group Cornila. (odovi;, tooth; 

 dniov, a modern Greek name, corresponding to Scia'.na.) 



a. Dorsal rays XI-I, 23; canines rather strong; color soiled silvery. dentex, 1806. 



aa. Dorsal rays XI-I, 26 ; canines smaller ; color dark gray with darker streaks. 



XANTHOPS, 1807. 



1806. ODONTOSCIOX DENTEX (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



(COEVINA.) 



Head 3 to 3i; depth 3i; eye 3f to 4 in head; snout 4. D. XI or XII-I, 

 23; A. II, 8; scales 7-49 to 52-10. Teeth in each jaw in a single series, 

 the 2 front teeth in lower jaw large canines, some of the teeth on the 

 side of the lower jaw also enlarged, canine-like; teeth of the upper jaw 

 largest forward, smaller than those in the lower jaw; body oblong, com- 

 pressed, the jirofile straight and rather steep ; snout short, blunt; eye large; 

 preopercle rounded without any distinct spines, with crenulated mem- 

 branaceous margin ; highest dorsal spine 2 in head; distance from first anal 

 spine to middle of base of caudal 37; in length ; distance from vent to first 

 anal spine 1^ in base of anal; second anal spine much shorter than rays, 

 its tip when depressed not reaching to tip of last ray, its length 3 in head ; 

 mouth large, oblique, maxillary reaching beyond middle of orbit, 2 in 

 head; preorbital very narrow, about 4 in eye; gill rakers long and stifl", 

 5-fl4; lower pharyngeals small, with conical teeth; scales thin, ctenoid; 

 soft dorsal and anal scaly; scales below lateral line in nearly horizontal 

 series ; dorsal spines long and sleuder, separated from soft dorsal ; tlie spine 

 of soft dorsal short and stout; caudal subtruncate, upper lobe longer; anal 



