THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 189 
dorsal; 15 scales between origins of dorsal and anal; fifth dorsal 
ray 146 in head; fifth branched anal ray 1%; caudal 17/,; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 124; ventral 24%; snout 
334 in head, measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 4%; maxillary 
274; interorbital space 274. Body deep, compressed, rather short 
and robust, and back elevated. Caudal peduncle deep and com- 
pressed. Head large, blunt, broad and flattened above. Snout 
short, broad and flattened above. Eye a trifle longer than deep, 
and placed near first third of head. Mouth protractile, horizontal 
when closed, broad and short. Maxillary not reaching orbit. 
Teeth rather large in jaws, especially those on each side of man- 
dible in outer series. Nostril close in front of eye above. Inter- 
orbital space broad and flat. Gill-rakers to rather short denticles 
graduated down from uppermost, which is longest. Scales large, 
those on top of head very large, and others becoming smaller on 
base of caudal. Scales on cheek in three series. Dorsal inserted 
nearer origin of pectoral than base of caudal, and branched rays 
highest and subequal in length. Anal inserted opposite origin of 
dorsal, fin triangular with fourth and fifth rays longest, forming 
point of triangle, and though reaching beyond tip of depressed 
dorsal not reaching base of caudal. Caudal rounded. Pectoral 
small, rounded, not quite reaching ventral. Ventralinserted nearer 
origin of anal than that of pectoral and reaching latter. Back 
deep or blackish-olive, belly orange-yellow. Sides with bars of 
whitish-silvery spots. Vertical fins dark spotted with whitish, 
margin of dorsal bright yellow. Pectoral with dusky, otherwise 
it, together with ventral and lower part, pale. Length 3% inches. 
Cape May. This description from a male. A female with same 
data has: Head 34%; depth 3%; D.1, 11; A.1, 10; scales 36 
in lateral series to base of caudal; 14 scales between origins of 
dorsal and anal; snout 3% in head measured from tip of upper 
jaw; eye 4%; maxillary 245; interorbital space 24%. Color 
pale brownish, lower surface whitish. Length 4 inches. 
Males 4 inches in length during life were olivaceous above, 
more or less uniform on sides, all of caudal peduncle 
and anal region. Anal, caudal and pectoral same color, except 
latter, which is margined with chrome-yellow. Lower surface 
of head and abdomen pale opaque greenish-white. Side of body 
