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profile very convex to base of snout ; second anal spine much 

 enlarged ; inside of mouth red ; soft part of fins scaled ; caudal 

 forked. Dorsal rays, XII, 17; anal rays, III, 9; lateral- 

 line scales, 55. 



"A single specimen of this fish was taken in Delaware Bay, 

 in July, 1867, and is now in the possession of the writer. It is 

 a rare visitor to our waters." 



D. aurolineatus, Cuv. & Val. [chrysopterus, quadrilineatum.) Yellow- 

 finned Red-mouth. 



Olive brown above ; sides silvery ; mouth large, red ; back 

 less elevated than in preceding ; profile nearly straight ; a narrow 

 bronze band from snout through eye to caudal, and three or four 

 stripes on head and anterior part of body ; vomer, &c., tooth- 

 less ; soft part of fins scaled ; dorsal continuous. Dorsal rays, 

 XIII, 15 ; anal rays. III, 8 ; lateral-line scales, 55. 



" This species is more frequently met with than the preceding, 

 but is only a visitor to our waters. The writer has seen them 

 exposed for sale in the Trenton fish-market." — [C. C. A.] 



LOBOTBS, Cuv. , 



(Holocentrus, Bloch.) 



L. surinamensis, Bloch. [auctorum, erate.) Flasher. Black Triple-tail. 

 Blackish above, becoming silvery gray on sides, often blotched 

 and tinged with yellow ; fins dusky ; head small, profile concave 

 in front, convex from occiput to dorsal ; scales on opercle large, 

 small around eye ; pectorals shorter than ventrals, spines lower 

 than soft dorsal ; caudal fin convex ; jaws with bands of villiform 

 teeth, in front of which are a series of larger ones; none on 

 vomer. Dorsal rays, XII, 16; anal rays. III, 11; lateral- 

 line scales, 47 ; length, 2 to 3 feet, 



" This is not a common species in our waters. The museum 

 of the Philadelphia Academy contains specimens from Beesley's 

 Point, and from Cape May." 



STBNOTOMUS, Gill. 

 (Sparus. Pagrus.) 



S. chrysops, L. [aculeatus, argyrops.) Southern Porgee. GHt-head. 



Differs from following in having body larger, kss elevated, 

 more elongated, with coarser molar teeth ; color silvery, with 



