91. SCI^NID^ — UMBEINA. 575 
L. 10 inches. Pyloric coeca 8 5 air-bladder simple. Coast of CaLfor- 
nia; very common. 
(Liostomus lineatm Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 25, 1855; Girard, U. S. Pac, 
R. R. Surv. Fish. 99: ScicBna lineata Giiather, ii, 288.) 
399. — ITIICROPOGOW Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Croakers. 
(Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, 213, 1830: type Micropogon lineatus C. & Y. — Pei'ca 
undiilata L.) 
Body moderately elongate, compressed, somewhat elevated. Pre- 
opercle strongly dentate. Teeth in villiform bands, the outer row in the 
upper jaw enlarged ; lower jaw with a row of minute barbels on each 
side. Second anal spine moderate. Caudal fin double truncate. Lower 
pharyngeals narrow, distinct, with conical teeth. Gill-rakers moderate, 
rather slender. Air-bladder with long horns, small ; 
beard.) 
90i. M. iiiidulatus (L.) C. & V. — Croaker. 
Color grayish-silvery, with bright reflections ; sides and back with 
narrow, irregular, undulating lines of dots; dorsal fins with three lines 
of dots along base. Body rather elongate, slightly elevated, the back 
somewhat compressed. Head long, the snout i)romiuent, not strongly 
convex. Mouth rather large, nearly horizontal, the maxillary reaching 
to front of eye. Eye 2 in snout. Preopercle strongly serrate; the 
spines near angle diverging. Dorsals nearly separate, the first high; 
pectorals moderate, nearly reaching tips of veutrals ; ventral filament- 
ous; anal inserted nearly under middle of second dorsal; the second 
spine rather weak, shorter than snout, one-third length of head. D. X, 
I, 27 ; A. II, 8 ; Lat. 1. GO; coeca 8 . Head ; depth ; eye 5 in head, 
rather less than iuterorbital width. L. 12 inches. Xew York to West 
Indies; common southward. 
{Perea undulata L. Syst. Nat. ; Cuv. & Val. v, 219 ; Holbrook, Icb. S. Car. 1860, 146; 
Giintber, ii, 271 : Micropogon lineatus Cuv. &. Val. v, 215.) 
300.— nUBRIl^A Cuvier. 
(Cuvier, Ri^gne Anim. ed. 1, 297, 1817: type Scicena cirrhosa L.) 
Body moderately elongate ; back somewhat arched. Head oblong, 
with the snout thick and protuberant. Mouth almost horizontal, of 
moderate size. Preoperculum with its bony margin finely serrate. 
Lower jaw with a single thickish barbel. Teeth in villiform bands, 
the outermost in the upper jaw somewhat enlarged. Anterior dorsal 
