91. SCI^ENID^ — CYNOSCION. 
570 
second anal spine small; pectoral fin short and candal subtruncate. 
Head 3^ ; depth about 3. D. X-I, 24 ; A. II, C; Lat. 1. about 62. {Hoi- 
hroolc.) South Atlantic coast and southward ; rare. 
(Holbrook, Icb. S. C. 1860, 154; Giiuther, ii, 269.) 
303 .— ATKACTOSCIOIV Gill. 
(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1832, 18: type OtoUthiis (vquidms Ciiv. & Val.) 
This genus differs from Cymscion only in the dentition, the bands of 
teeth being somewhat broader and some of the teeth near the middle of 
the upper jaw enlarged, but not forming canines. The species are 
among the largest of the Sckcuuhe, and as food-fishes they are among 
the Ix^st. (ar^oazro-, a spindle; trztov, Scieena.) 
912. A. nobilc (Ayres) Gill. — White Sea Bass; Sea Trout; Corvinq. 
Dull silvery, bluish above; everywhere punctulate; young with obscure, 
dusky cross-bars; axil and fins dusky. Body elongate-elliptical, not 
much compressed; head slender, conical, the snout rather pointed; mouth 
terminal, oblique, the lower jaw the longer ; maxillary reaching to be- 
yond pupil; premaxillary in front on the level of the orbit; teeth in 
lower jaw enlarged and in a single row laterally, anteriorly smaller, in 
a broad patch, the inner series in both jaws reflexed and movable ; upper 
jaw with about two series on sides forming a broad cardiform patch in 
front; a few of the teeth near the middle of the jaw enlarged but not 
canine-like ; gill-rakers moderate, very strong ; scales very thin, weakly 
ctenoid; anal spines 2, weak, the first sometimes obsolete; fins low, 
pectoral not reaching half way to vent ; caudal lunate, the upper lobe 
generally longest. Head 34 ; depth 4. D. X-I, 21 ; A. II, 9 ; Lat. 
88 (tubes); more than 100 series of scales. Pacific coast north to ISau 
Francisco; one of the largest and most valuable of our Scimuoid fishes, 
reaching a weight, of 60 to 70 i>ounds. The flesh is firm and rich. 
(Johnius nohilis Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1860, 78; Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Pbila. 1862, 18 : Ololithus caVifornensis Steiuducbuer, Ichtb. Beitriige, iii, 31, 1875, tbe 
young or “Sea Trout.”) 
304 .— CYWOSCIOIV Gill. 
Wedk-fislies. 
{Cestreus Gronow; not of C. & V.) 
(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1861, 49 : type Johnius regalis, Blocb.) 
Body elongate, little compressed ; the back not elevated. Head 
conical, rather pointed. Mouth larger than in our other Sciteuoids; tlie 
lower jaw projecting. Maxillary very broad. Teeth sharp, not closely 
