262 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Genus TRAcHtTNoTUus Lacépéde. 
The Pampanos. 
Key to the species. 
a. Lobes of vertical fins much elevated; dorsal rays 20. FALCATUS 
aa, Lobes of vertical fins short, not elevated; dorsal rays 25. CAROLINUS 
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnzeus). 
IP GATE 33) 
Spinous Dory. Round Pampano. 
Head)25% ;;depthya4/.;)Di.1; VI, 20,43 A. Ik 18)asa0ue 
4 in head; eye 3; maxillary 3; interorbital space 234; fourth 
dorsal spine 314; second dorsal ray 134; second anal spine 4; 
second anal ray 134; lower caudal lobe 1; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3%; pectoral 144; ventral 2. Body deep, ovate, well 
compressed, and upper profile nearly straight from interorbital 
space to procumbent dorsal spine. Head deep, compressed, and 
blunt. Snout blunt, short, so that upper profile line of head would 
form an obtuse angle at front of interorbital space. Eye circu- 
lar, well anterior. Mouth a little inclined, and upper jaw pro- 
jecting a little beyond lower. Maxillary reaching in vertical a 
little beyond front rim of orbit, but not quite to that of pupil. 
Teeth minute, in bands in jaws. Interorbital space a little con- 
vex. Gill-rakers 6 + 12, slender, longest about 24 diameter of 
pupil. Scales minute and smooth. Base of first erect dorsal 
spine about first quarter of pectoral, spines well freed, and fourth 
longest. Rayed dorsal inserted about midway between posterior 
margin or orbit and base of caudal, anteriorly elevated with a 
small lobe. Rayed anal inserted a little beyond origin of rayed 
dorsal, also with a slight anterior lobe. Second anal spine long- 
est, joined to third by membrane. Caudal deeply forked, lobes 
pointed and slender, and lower longer. Pectoral short, reaching 
base of third anal spine. Ventral inserted a little behind origin 
of pectoral or a little before that of spinous dorsal. Color silvery- 
