THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. ass 
2 in head; second erect dorsal spine 2%; first dorsal 174; third 
anal spine 4%; first anal ray 1°/,); upper caudal lobe 1°/,;; 
ventral 2; snout 4; eye 354; maxillary 21%; interorbital space 
34. Body rather oblong, deep, and greatest depth at origins of 
rayed dorsal and anal. Head deep, compressed and upper profile 
rather abruptly convex or strongly arched. Snout short, steep, 
compressed. Eye anterior, a little high, and with very broad 
adipose eyelids. Mouth large, low, oblique and mandible pro- 
truding. Maxillary reaching posterior margin of pupil, its distal 
expansion 134 in orbit. Teeth in upper jaw in broad villiform 
band with an outer series of large wide-set conical ones. Man- 
dibular teeth large, uniserial, and a distinct canine on each side 
of symphysis. Villiform teeth on vomer, palatines and tongue. 
Nostrils together, near front of eye medianly. Interorbital space 
with a median keel extending back of occiput, convex. Gill- 
rakers 2+ 14, slender, 1% in orbit. Arch of lateral line not 
greatly arched, a little greater than straight part. Dorsal spines 
graduated down from second erect one, which is longest, and 
origin of fin well behind that of pectoral. Rayed dorsal about 
midway between posterior margin of pupil and base of caudal, 
and anterior rays elevated to form a lobe. Anal similar, a little 
behind that of rayed dorsal. Caudal forked, lobes pointed, upper 
a little longer. Pectoral long and falcate, reaching beyond origin 
of anal. Ventral inserted opposite origin of pectoral, half way 
to origin of rayed anal. Color brownish above, sides and lower 
surface silvered. A blackish blotch about size of pupil on opercle. 
Length 734 inches. Beesley’s Point. 
A well-known food-fish reaching a good size and several times 
taken on our coast. It may identified from our other species 
chiefly by its naked breast, canines, steep convex upper profile, and 
color. 
Carangus hippos Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 813. 
Paratractus hippos Abbott, 1. ¢. 
Caranx hippos Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 139.— 
Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 361. 
Caranx chrysos Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smith’s Inst., 1854, p. 336. 
