316 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Lutianus griseus (Linneus). 
Snapper. 
Head 3% ; depth 3%; D. IX, 13; A. III, 8; scales about 52 to 
base of caudal; 6 scales between origin of spinous dorsal and 
lateral line; 12 scales between origin of spinous anal and lateral 
line; mandible 21/,, in head; fourth dorsal spine 22%; third anal 
spine 434; second dorsal ray 314; second anal ray 3%; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 3; ventral 1°/,; snout 2% in head, 
measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 54%; maxillary 3; interor- 
bital space 324. Body elongate, and back little compressed or 
elevated. Head small, compressed, and upper profile nearly 
straight from tip of snout to nape. Snout rather long, pointed. 
Eye circular, a trifle anterior. Mouth large, and mandible 
strongly projecting. Maxillary oblique, reaching posterior nos- 
tril, and falling well short of front of orbit. Distal expansion of 
maxillary about 36 of orbit. Upper jaw with a narrow band of 
villiform teeth with an outer series of enlarged teeth. Upper 
jaw with 5 canines in front, several quite large. Margin of pre- 
opercle with slight irregular denticles, its posterior edge barely 
emarginate. Interorbital space convex. Scales large, rows in 
horizontal series below lateral line. Rows above lateral line 
parallel with it at first, though irregular or slightly oblique below 
soft dorsal. Cheek with 6 rows of scales. Top of head, snout 
and jaws naked. Bases of all fins more or less scaly, especially 
caudal. On dorsal and anal a patch of small scales before base 
of each spine or ray. Scales on predorsal region and along bases 
of fins reduced in size. ‘Tubes of lateral line branched. Spinous 
dorsal inserted a little behind ventral, margin slightly convex, so 
that fin is graduated from fourth spine, which is longest. Rayed 
dorsal inserted before anal or a little nearer base of caudal than 
orbit. Anal spines graduated to third, which is longest, and rayed 
fin higher. Caudal large, deeply lunate, and upper lobe longer 
or about 2% in rest of body. Pectoral graduated from fifth ray, 
which reaches 34 to anal. Ventral inserted behind pectoral and 
reaching a little over half way to anal. Olivaceous above, paler 
beneath. Length 205% inches. Anglesea. 
