91. SCI^NIDiE — CYNOSCION. 581 



I, 25, Giiniher) ; A. I, 10 ; Lat. 1. about 08. {Eolbroolc.) Coast of South 

 Carolina and southward. 



{OtoUUiHH nolhiiH H<>ll)rook, Icli. S. C. 1800, 134: OtolUlim uofhns Giinflier, ii, 308.) 

 CT. Buck iiTcj^iilarly specklwl and blotcliod, the spots forming nndulating streaks. 



f>15. C res**'*? (Block &, Schneider) Gilk — Wiak-finh ; Squeicaf/Kc; Gray Trout. 



Silvery, darker above and marked with many small, irregular dark 

 blotches, some of which form undulating- lines running downward and 

 forward; back and head with bright reflections; dorsal and caudal 

 fins dusky; ventrals, anal, and lower edge of caudal yellowish, some- 

 times speckled. Maxillary reaching to beyond pu}>il ; teeth sharp, in nar- 

 row bands. Pectorals short, scarcely reaching tips of ventrals, a little 

 more than half length of head ; longest dorsal spine as long as maxillary, 

 not half length of head. Head 3h in length ; depth 4|;. Eye about If^ 

 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. 



{.Tolinius rcqalis Bk & Schn. 1801, 75: OtoUthiis regalis Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 1860, 129: 

 OtoIitltHfi reqalis Giiuther, ii, 307.) 



9 : 6. C. thnlassinum (Holb.) Gilk 



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 3.^ in length ; depth 

 about U. D. X-T, 26 ; A. I, 9. South Atlantic coast of United States. 

 A doubtful species, distinguished from C. regale by the fewer fin rays. 



{Ololithus thalassinus Holbrook, Ich. S. C. 18G0, 133; not Otolithus tltalansinns Giin- 

 ther, ii, 308.) 

 hhh. Back and ii])per fins ^vith many conspicnons round black spots. 



f)l'3'. C BBia'T-MSatMBM (Mitchill) Gill. — Spoiled Sea Trout. 



Bright silvery, darker above ; back posteriorly with numerous round 

 black spots as large as the pupil; both dorsal and caudal tins nuirked 

 with similar, somewhat smaller spots, nuich as in a trout; anal dusky. 

 Maxillary reaching to posterior edge of eye ; canines moderate. Long- 

 est dorsal spine not (piite half the length of the head; pectorals short, 

 not reaching tips of ventrals, not half length of head ; caudal lunate. 

 Head 3^ ; depth 5. Eye large, about in head. 1). X-I, 25; A. 1, 10; 

 Lat. 1. about 90. Virginia to Mexico ; very abundant southward. 



{LahruH nquetcaguc var. maculatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. i, 390, 1815: Oto- 

 litliUH carolinensis Cnv. «fc Vak ix,l75: Olotithun caroliiieniiix Holbrook, Icli. S. C. 18G0, 

 72: Otolithus carorninisis Giiuther, ii, 30;;: OloUthun drummoudi Girard, U. S. Mex. 

 Bound Surv. Ichth. 1859, 13; not of Kichardsou?.) 



