THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 101 
broad and slightly convex. Opercle smooth. Gill-rakers 9 + 14, 
slender, longest equals pupil. Scales of rather uniform size, and 
not much crowded on predorsal region. Dorsal inserted a little 
before tip of pectoral or much nearer tip of snout than base of 
caudal. Anal inserted about midway between base of sixth 
branched dorsal ray and base of caudal, and reaching beyond 
latter. Caudal a little emarginate, lobes rounded. Pectoral ex- 
tending four-fifths of space to ventral. Ventral inserted about 
opposite base of fourth branched dorsal ray, and extending four- 
fifths of space to anal. Dark olive on back, paler below, and 
dusky shades above. Fins with dusky. Length 7 inches. Batsto 
River. 
The adult is olivaceous above in life, sides paler, and lower 
surface becoming white. Body, especially sides, with brassy re- 
flections. A pale band, most distinct when fish is in the water, 
extends from upper end of gill-opening to base of upper caudal 
lobe. This indistinctly defines black lateral band of young which 
has almost completely faded. A median pale streak extends from 
tip of snout to base of caudal, also distinct when fish is in water. 
Side of head with brassy reflections, and its lower surface opaque- 
white like. lower surface of abdomen. Iris of three circles of 
color, one next to pupil pink, next pale gray, and outer one white. 
Dorsal and caudal dark or dusky, membranes deeper than rays, 
which are somewhat dilute ruddy. Anal dusky, rays becoming 
translucent brownish-white basally, former with upper margin 
same, and lower or inner rays of both fins ruddy, becoming deep 
or wine-color somewhat in middle of fins. Inside of gill-opening 
pearl-colored. This example from tributary of Crosswicks Creek, 
near Trenton, taken in May, 1904. 
A young example 23 inches long, in the vittatus stage, was 
taken in the same locality. When living the ground color of back 
was pale brownish-olivaceous and edge of each scale distinctly 
darker. Along middle of side a dusky or black band, less than 
pupil, extending from tip of snout to base of caudal, where it 1s 
intensified in some examples. Lower surface, or below band, 
opaque-white with a silvery sheen. Lips white. Above black 
lateral band a paler shade than ground-color of back, and edges 
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