SCLENIDA. —LXVIII. 143 
Lat. 1.85. L.2 feet. N. J. to Texas,common S. All these species 
are absurdly called “Trout” in the Southern States,—a name also 
applied in the same regions to the Black Bass. 
174. BAIRDIELLA Gill. (To Spencer Fullerton Baird.) 
390. B. chrysura (Lacépede). Sitver Percu. YELLow- 
TAIL, MADEMOISELLE. Jaws subequal; teeth in lower mostly 
in one series; second anal spine moderate, 24 in head; eye large. 
Greenish, sides silvery ; scales and fins much punctulate; lower fins 
yellow. Head 34; depth 23. D. X-1, 22. A.TII, 9. Lat. 1. 50. 
L. 9. Cape Cod to Texas, abundant 8. (ypvads, golden; odpd, 
tail.) 
175. SCIZiNA (Artedi) Linneus. (Corvina Cuvier.) (Old 
name, from oxida, shade.) 
a. Preopercle serrate in young, the teeth disappearing with age; body elon- 
gate, little compressed. (Scienops Gill.) 
391. S. ocellata L. Rep-risH. Cuannet Bass. Head long ; 
eye small; mouth large, nearly horizontal; teeth in both jaws in 
bands, the outer enlarged above; anal spines moderate. Grayish- 
silvery, dark points on the scales, forming undulating brown streaks ; 
a jet black spot edged with orange on base C. above, this sometimes 
duplicated. Head 33; depth 34. D. X-1, 24. A.II,8. Scales 
4-50-7. L. 4 feet. Cape Cod to Mexico; an important food-fish, S. 
176. LEIOSTOMUS Lacépéde. (Acios, smooth; ordua, mouth.) 
392. L. xanthurus Lacépede. Spor. Goopy. LAFAyYErre. 
Compressed; profile steep; snout blunt, fins low. Bluish, sides 
with 15 dark oblique bars; a round black spot behind shoulder. 
Head 34; Uepth’s. D. X-1, 32. A. Il, 12. Lat. 1. 60. L. 12 
Cape Cod to Texas. (£avOds, yellow; odpa, tail, but the C. is never 
yellow.) 
177. MICROPOGON Cuv. & Val. (yuxpéds, small; méyav, beard.) 
393. M. undulatus (L.). CroaKxer. Body rather elongate, 
with rather long head and large mouth. Grayish-silvery, back and 
sides with undulating dark streaks; dorsals with lines of dots. 
Head 34, depth 3}. D. X-1, 27. A.II,8. Lat.1. 60. L. 18. 
N. Y. to Texas. 
178. MENTICIRRHUS Gill. (Lat., mentum, chin; cirrus, 
barbel.) 
a. Gill rakers obsolete; lower pharyngeals narrow, their teeth slender; outer 
teeth of upper jaw enlarged; scales on breast large; maxillary reaching 
beyond front of eye, more than 3 head. (Menticirrhus.) 
6. Outer teeth of upper jaw very strong; lower lobe of C. not black. 
394. M. americanus (L.). Wuuitine. D. a little lower than 
in the next species, the spines barely reaching soft rays. Silver- 
