49(i SPAEID^. 



The teeth of the upper pharyngeal bones are exceedingly fine, villi - 

 form ; those of the lower ones setiform, with an outer series of larger 

 ones, hook-like. 



The coloration is now uniform silvery, with golden longitudinal 

 streaks ; the dorsal fin is blackish, with a blatk edge on the spinous 

 portion. The caudal fin has a broad blackish margin ; anal and 

 ventrals blackish ; axU black. 



inchea. lines. 



Total length 9 3 



Length of the head 2 4 



Height of the body 3 3 



Diameter of the eye 6 



Distance between the eyes 8 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 1 1 



of the eleventh dorsal spine .... 9 



of the fifth dorsal ray 10 



of the second anal spine 1 1 



of the thii-d anal .spine 10| 



of the pectoral 2 7 



of the ventral 1 7 



of the ventral spine 1 2 



of a scale 4^ 



Height of a scale 5k 



18. Chrysophrys aculeata. 



? Aurata bahamensis, Cateshy, Hist. Carol, p. & pi. 16. 

 ? Sparus clirysops, L. Gm. p. 1277 ; Bl. Schn. p. 277. 

 Chrysophrys aculeata, Cuv. 8j- Val. vi. p. 137. 



D. ^. A. ^. Vert. 10/14. 



Body rather elongate. A recumbent spine before the dorsal. 

 Molar teeth small, in three series in the upper jaw. Limb of the 

 priEoperculum scaly. Pectoral elongate. Silver^-, reddish on the 

 sides, with golden longitudinal streaks ; dorsal and anal fins reddish 

 brown; ventrals red. {Val.) 



Atlantic Coasts of the United States. 



This fish may prove to be a species of Sargus, having a recumbent 

 dorsal spine, like the other North American Sargi. It appears to 

 be very near to Sargus ambas.^is, from which, however, it must be 

 different (if the description of Valenciennes is correct), having the 

 body much more elongate, and the upper molars arranged in three 

 series. 



