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259. STENOTOMUS ACULEATUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 "Pin-fish."; Southern Scup or Porgy. 



Chrysophrys aculeatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, vi, 137, 1830; Charleston, S. C. 

 Stenofomus aculeatus, Jordan & Evermann, 1898, 1347, pi. ccxii. fig. 545; Cape Hatteras to Texas. 



Diagnosis. — Very similar to Stenotomus chrysops, the depth somewhat less than .5 length; 

 profile less steep than in the other species; head contained about 3.25 times in length; eye 

 larger, contained 3.75 to 4 times in head; snout long, .5 length of head; scales in lateral series 

 about 55, in transverse series 23; dorsal rays xii,12, the first spine shortest, the third longest; 

 anal rays iii,ll. Color: dull silvery, {aculeatus, spiny.) 



This species replaces the common scup southward, and is reported to be 

 common from Cape Hatteras to Texas. It is very similar to other species, and 

 is not distinguished therefrom by fishermen. There appear to be no definite 

 North CaroUna records, but tlie species may undoubtedly be found at Cape 

 Fear, Beaufort, and other points. 



Fig. 133. LoNG-spiNED Porgy. Otrynter caprinus. 



Genus OTRYNTER Jordan & Evermann. Long-spined Porgies. 



Very similar to Stenotomus. but with differences in the structure of the 

 skull and dorsal spines. The antrorse dorsal spine is attached directly to the 

 interneural bone; the third, fourth, and fifth spines are long and filamentous, 

 the third being longer than head. One species. (Otrynter, one who whips, in 

 allusion to the long dorsal spines.) 



