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eye. Interorbital space convex. Gill-rakers 3 + 11, slender, 
longest 134 in orbit. Scales below lateral line in horizontal series, 
above in series parallel with its course. Rayed dorsal, anal, and 
base of caudal covered densely with small scales. Scales on 
cheek and opercle large. Lateral line not undulated, well on base 
of caudal. Spinous dorsal inserted nearer tip of snout than base 
of last dorsal ray, and third to fifth spines longest. Rayed dorsal 
elevated in front and inserted about midway between origin of 
pectoral and base of last dorsal ray. Anal similar, a little pos- 
terior or nearer base of last ray than origin of pectoral. Caudal 
emarginate. Pectoral three-fifths of space to anal. Ventral in- 
serted a little behind pectoral, or well before spinous, dorsal, and 
a little less than half-way to anal. Color greenish-blue above, 

Blue Fish. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnzus). 
silvery below. A dusky blotch at base of pectoral. Length 1234 
inches. Beesley’s Point. 
A large fish, reaching 3 feet in length, and extremely de- 
structive to other fishes, especially the mackerel. As their flesh 
is of good flavor they are highly valued as food. Reported as 
not common at Cape May during 1903 and 1904. Schools are 
sometimes seen in the mouth of Delaware Bay, and though the 
big fish do not run in the young have been taken as far up the 
Delaware as the Rancocas Creek. 
Temnodon saltator Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, 
P. 337. 
Pomatomus saltatrix Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 814.—Bean, 
Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 145.—Moore, Bull. U. S. F. 
Com., XII, 1892, p. 361.—Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, 
Pp. 374.—Bean, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., IX, 1897, p. 363. 
