558 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
ical; molars in two rows above. Cheeks short and deep with 4 rows 
of scales. A procumbent spine in front of the dorsal. Third dorsal 
spine elevated, often somewhat filamentous. Pectorals moderate, reach- 
ing front of anal, ventrals a little further ; second anal spine a little the 
longest. Head 3^ 5 depth 2. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 11. Scales 8-40-13; 
L. 12 inches. Cape Cod to Florida; abundant; a valuable food-fish. 
(Sjmrns arfjijrops L. Syst. Nat. : Pafjrus argyrops Ciiv. & Val. vi, IG4 : Pagrus argyr- 
ojjs Holbrook, Icb. S. Car. 174: Pagrus argyrops Giinther, i, 472: Sargiis ambuss is Giin- 
tlier, i, 449: Stenotomus argyrops Gill, and of most late American writers.) 
aa. Incisor teetk broad. 
b. Incisor teeth emarginate ; procumbent dorsal spine present. {Lagodon * Hol- 
brook.) 
§82. D. l’Biomboi<lcs (L.) J. & G. — Pin-Jish; Bream. 
Brownish, white below ; sides of head and body with horizontal stripes 
of light blue and golden ; G or 7 very faint darker vertical bauds, 
disappearing with age; vertical fins yellowish, with bluish striiies; a 
dark axillary spot. Body ovate, elliptical, compressed, and somewhat 
elevated, the axis of the body near the middle of its depth ; snout about 
in the axis. Head rather sharp. Mouth small, the upper Jaw more 
freely protractile than usual. Molars in two series ; anterior incisors 
each deeply notched. Cheeks with 5 or G rows of scales ; scales on 
breast little reduced in size. A procumbent spine before the dorsal fin ; 
dorsal spines high, much higher than the soft rays, the fourth highest ; 
second anal spiue little larger or longer than the third ; pectorals as 
long as head ; ventrals moderate. Head ; depth 2^. D. XII, 11 ; 
A. Ill, 11 ; scales 8-CG-18. L. 1- inches. Xew Jersey to Texas; abun- 
dant southward. 
{Spams rhomboides Linn. Syst. Nat. : Sargus rhomhoides Cnv. & Val. vi, 68: Sarguy 
rlwmboides Giinther, i, 447 : Lagodon rhomboides Holbrook, Ich. S. Car. 18()0, 59.) 
aa. Incisors entire in the adult ; emarginate or serrate in the young. 
b. A procumbent spiue before the dorsal tin. {Arehosargus\ Gill.) 
883. I>. j)roB>at®co{'>lial#BS (Walb.) J. & G.—Sheepshead. 
Grayish, with about 8 vertical black bauds, which are about as 
broad as the interspaces; dorsal dusky; ventral and anal black; 
base of pectoral dusky. Body robust, becoming very deep with age, 
the back compressed and elevated; axis of the body below the middle 
of the depth; snout entirely below axis of body; profile very steep; 
j, 
* Holbrook, Ich. S. Car. ed. i, 56, 1859: type Sj)arus rhomboides L. {Xciyoo<i, hare; 
coSoov, tooth.) 
tGill, Canadian Naturalist, August, 1865: type Spams probatocephaJus tValb. 
(d’/j^or, ruler; ddpyo?, Sargus, from its preeminence in size and value.) 
