322 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
spinous dorsal and lateral line; 15 scales in a vertical series 
between origin of spinous anal and lateral line; snout 21/,) in 
head; eye 474; maxillary 27; interorbital space 324; fourth 
dorsal spine 17@.; second dorsal ray 3;. second anal spine 314; 
second anal ray 3%; least depth of caudal peduncle 27; upper 
caudal lobe 17/,;5; ventral 17/;; ventral spine 1°/,,; pectoral 3 
in head and trunk. Body deep, strongly compressed, ovate-ellip- 
tical, and greatest depth about base of fourth dorsal spine. Head 
deep, well compressed, high, and upper profile steep, a little con- 
cave over orbit. Snout long and deep. Eye a little longer than 
deep, high. Mouth a little inclined, with rather fleshy lips and 
upper jaw projecting a little. Maxillary reaching posterior nos- 
tril. Incisor teeth very narrow, of almost conical appearance, and 
molars in 2 rows above. Anterior nostril two-thirds of orbital 
diameter in front of eye, and posterior an oblique slit midway 
between. Interorbital space convex. Gill-rakers 6 + 10 short 
denticles. Scales narrowly imbricated, in series parallel with lat- 
eral line above its course, and in horizontal series below. Small 
scales crowded along bases of rayed dorsal, anal, pectoral and 
caudal. Scales in 5 rows on cheek. Long axillary ventral flap 2 in 
fin. ‘Tubes of lateral line simple, which is mostly concurrent with 
dorsal profile. Spinous dorsal highest anteriorly, origin of first 
erect spine a little in advance of that of pectoral, and fin not 
deeply notched. Rayed dorsal inserted a little nearer base of 
caudal than origin of ventral, and fin low, but slightly elevated 
anteriorly. Second anal spine longest, third longer than first, 
and origin of fin nearer that of pectoral than base of caudal. 
Caudal deeply emarginate, upper lobe a little longer. Pectoral 
inserted a little behind base of second erect dorsal spine, and 
reaching base of second anal spine. Ventral inserted a little 
behind origin of pectoral and not reaching anal. Color brownish, 
silvered below. Length 11 inches. Stone Harbor. 
An abundant food-fish on our shores. Many examples before 
me from the above locality, Cape May, Anglesea, Grassy Sound, 
Sea Isle City, Ocean City, Beesley’s Point and Atlantic City. 
Stenotomus chrysops Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., 1887, p. 142. 
Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 362.—Smith, Bull. 
U.S. EF; Com, il 1802. .p92 70: 

