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less shot with golden. ‘Traces of 6 indistinct vertical blotches on 
back. Dorsal blackish-slaty, margin of rayed fin and tip of 
spinous flaps pale plumbeous, somewhat milky in hue. Three 
series of pale plumbeous spots or streaks on spinous dorsal, lowest 
at and on base of each spine. Four small or irregular ones on 
rayed dorsal. Margin of caudal broadly pale, and each corner 
posteriorly paler or whiter than rest of fin, which is mottled with 
brownish and plumbeous. Anal blackish-plumbeous, paler mar- 
ginally, and also with a deep bottle-green tint. Ventral similar, 
and both fins conspicuously margined with pale plumbeous. Pec- 
toral dusky basally, and distally rusty-umber. When freshly 
caught they are almost uniform black above, the belly becoming 
translucent-whitish with a greenish-white tint, and the other 
colors fading accordingly as described above. Grassy Sound. 
An abundant food-fish on our coast reaching a length of 18 
inches and a weight of 3 pounds. The flesh is of excellent flavor, 
firm and white. I have examined many examples from Cape 
May, Anglesea, Stone Harbor, Grassy Sound, Sea Isle City, 
Ocean City and Atlantic City. 
Centropristes striatus Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892. 
p. 361.—Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 375. 
Centropristis nigricans Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths: Inst., 1854, 
piB23: 
Centropristis nigrescens Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 806. 
Centropristis furvus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 
soe el ed ge a Gea eae 
Genus DuLkEs Cuvier. 
The Coachman Fishes. 
Dules auriga Cuvier. 
Coachman. 
From the preceding this may be distinguished by its lunate 
caudal. ‘The skin of the vertex when removed from the cranium 
will show a large smooth area. 
