300 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
of spinous dorsal to lateral line; 6 scales in a vertical series 
between origin of anal and lateral line; snout 31% in head; eye 
345; maxillary 3%; fourth dorsal spine 136; third dorsal ray 
14%4; fifth dorsal ray 2%; caudal 1%; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3; pectoral 14; ventral 1%. Body a little compressed, 
rather slender and with a long caudal peduncle. Head a little 
elongate, and upper profile a little convex anteriorly. Cheeks a 
little swollen. Snout conic. Eye a little longer than deep, well 
anterior. Upper jaw a little protruding. Teeth fine. Maxillary 
reaching a little beyond anterior margin of orbit. Teeth minute. 
Lips rather fleshy. Nostrils well separated, in front of eye. 
Interorbital space narrow and level. Opercular spine strong. 
Opercular flap lobate. Gill-rakers + 4 un, short tubercles. 
Scales large, finely ctenoid, and of more or less uniform size. 
Scales in 5 rows on cheek. Lateral line of simple tubes, contin- 
uous, and sloping down a little till median on side. Spinous 
dorsal inserted about first fourth in length of pectoral, rounded, 
and median rays highest. Rayed dorsal inserted a little nearer 
base of caudal than posterior margin of orbit and highest ante- 
riorly. Anal inserted a little posterior to origin of rayed dorsal 
and reaching about four-sevenths of space to base of caudal. 
Caudal rounded, rather long. Pectoral long, reaching beyond 
ventral or about three-fourths of space to anal. Ventral inserted 
behind origin of pectoral, and reaching three-fifths of space to 
anal. Color pale straw-brown, finely mottled with various shades 
of deeper brown above. Sides blotched with deep brown, some 
zig-zag. Fins finely barred, ventrals and anal pale. A dusky streak 
on side of snout from its tip to eye and another down over cheek. 
Length 21/,, inches. Crosswicks Creek near Trenton. 
An adult male 25¢ inches long was dull brown above in life, 
lower surface pale brownish, becoming white or whitish on ven- 
tral or under surface medianly, Upper surface variegated with 
beautiful wavy markings made up of spots, and darker edges of 
each scale. ‘These vary from deep brown to pale olivaceous. On 
back medianly these are seen to take the form of about seven 
dusky saddles, first one on occiput, second on nape, third at origin 
of spinous dorsal, fourth at last rays of same, fifth at middle of 
