330 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
straight to occiput. Eye a little longer than deep, well anterior. 
Mouth large, mandible protruding. Maxillary not quite reaching 
posterior margin of orbit, and its distal expansion 134 in length 
of same. Teeth sharp, in narrow bands, and canines large. Lips 
a little fleshy. Interorbital space broadly convex. Margin of 
preopercle thin and with fleshy or cutaneous points. Gill-rakers 
6 + I9, compressed, pointed and longest 1*/, in orbit. Scales 
disposed in oblique series above lateral line to dorsal profile, 
below more or less horizontal. Small scales crowded along bases 
of rayed dorsal, anal and caudal, and predorsal region. Lateral 
line a little high at first, of simple tubes. Spinous dorsal inserted 
a little nearer tip of mandible than origin of anal, and graduated 
down from third spine. Rayed dorsal inserted midway between 

Weak Fish. Cynoscion regalis (Schneider). 
middle of orbit and base of caudal, anteriorly elevated. Anal 
inserted about midway between tip of pectoral and base of caudal, 
anteriorly elevated. Caudal rounded posteriorly. Pectoral short, 
a little less than half way to anal. Ventral inserted a trifle before 
origin of spinous dorsal, not reaching vent, which is close in front 
of anal. Silvery, darker on back and blotched with darker, some 
forming undulating lines downward and forward. Dorsals and 
caudal dusky, ventrals, anals and lower edge of caudal yellowish. 
Length 10% inches. Atlantic City. 
Color in life dull brownish above with more or less silvery 
reflections, burnished especially on back with beautiful shades of 
pale or light purple, lavender, greenish, bluish, coppery and 
brassy with more or less metallic luster. Markings on back ex- 
