91. SCI^XID^ — CYNOSCIOX. 581 
I, 25, Gunther) ; A. I, 10 ; Lat. 1. about G8. {Holhrooh.) Coast of South 
Carolina and southward. 
{Otolithus nofhus Holbrook, Icb. S. C. 1860, 134: OfoJithus uollnts Giintlier, ii, 308.) 
cc. Back irregularly speckled and blotched, the spots forming undulating streaks. 
f>J5. C. resale (Bloch & Schneider) Gill. — TVeak-fish ; Squetcar/ue; Gray Trout. 
Silvery, darker above and marked with many small, irregular daik 
blotches, some of which form undulating lines running downward and 
forward; back and head with bright reflections; dorsal and caudal 
fins dusky; veutrals, anal, and lower edge of caudal yellowish, some- 
times speckled. Maxillary reaching to beyond pupil; teeth shari), in nar- 
row bands. Pectorals short, scarcely reaching tijis of ventrals, a little 
more than half length of head ; longest dorsal spine as long as maxillary, 
not half length of head. Head in length ; depth 4J. Eye about 1^- 
in snout. D. X-I, 29; A. I, 13; Lat. 1. 78. Cape Cod to South Amer- 
ica; very abundant, and highly valued as a food-fish. 
(Jolmius reyalis Bl. &, Schn. 1801, 75: Otolithus regalis Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 129: 
Otolithus reqalis Giiiither, ii, 307.) 
9 3 6. C. flialassiaiUEBi (Holb.) Gill. 
Silvery, darker above, and marked with many interrupted narrow 
dark lines, directed from back obliquely forwards ; belly yellow, the 
color running up on the sides. Body longer and less elevated than in 
the preceding, and with a sharper snout. Head 3i in length ; depth 
about 44. H. X-I, 26 ; A. I, 9. South Atlantic coast of United States. 
A doubtful species, distinguished from C. regale by the fewer tin rays. 
{Otolithus thalassinus Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 133; not Otolithus thalassinus Gun- 
ther, ii, 308.) 
hhh. Back and upper fins with many conspicuous round black spots. 
917. C. BBiJiCflliataam (Mitchill) Gill. — Spotted Sea Trout. 
Bright silvery, darker above ; back posteriorly with numerous round 
black spots as large as the puiiil; both dorsal and caudal fins marked 
with similar, somewhat smaller spots, much as in a trout ; anal dusky. 
Maxillary reaching to posterior edge of eye ; canines moderate. Long- 
est dorsal spine not quite half the length of the head ; pectorals short, 
not reaching tips of ventrals, not half length of head ; caudal lunate. 
Head 3^; depth 5. Ej e large, about 6 in head. H. X-I, 25; A. 1, 10; 
Lat. 1. about 90. Virginia to Mexico ; very abundant southward. 
{Labrus squeteague var. maeiilatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. i, 396, 1815: Oto- 
lithus carolinensis Cnv. &Val. ix, 475: Otolithus carolhiensis Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 
72: Otolithus carolinaisis Gunther, ii, 306: Otolithus drummondi Girard, U. S. Mex. 
Bound Surv. Ichth. 1859, 13; not of Richardson ? .) 
