490 SPARIDiE. 



The teeth of the upper ^^haryngeal bones are exceedingly fine, viUi- 

 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 blafck edge on the spinous 

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

 ventrals blackish ; axil black. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 9 3 



Length of the head 2 4 



Height of the body 3 3 



Diameter of the vjye () G 



Distance between the eyes 8 



Length of the fourth dorsal spihe 1 1 



of the eleventh dorsal spine .... 9 



of the fifth dorsal ray 10 



of the second anal spine 1 1 



of the third anal spine 10^5 



of the pectoral 2 7 



of the ventral 1 7 



of the ventral spine 1 2 



of a scale 4^ 



Height of a scale 54 



18. Chrysophrys aculeata. 



? Aurata bahaniensis, Cutesby, Hist. Carol, p. & pi. 16. 

 ? Sparus chrysops, L. Gm. p. 1277 ; lil. Schn. p. 277. 

 Chrysophrys aculeata, Cuv. l^ Val. vi. p. 137. 



D.lf. A.:i. 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 

 prseoperculum scaly. Pectoral elongate. Silvery, reddish on the 

 sides, witli 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 appcare to 

 be very near to Sargus ambassis, from which, however, it must be 

 different (if the description of Valenciennes is corx-ect), having the 

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

 series. 



