THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 347 
immersion in alcohol over night greenish-olive, except abdomen 
and under surface of head, which are whitish washed with yellow. 
A broad light brown stripe on tip of lower jaw. ‘Two similar 
stripes on cheek, one extending from below eye downward and 
forward. A pale band along median line, and another on lateral 
line. Dorsal, anal and pectoral fins pink, speckled with brown 
cross-bands. Length 2!/,, inches. Seined September 5th, 1887, 
near the mouth of Lousy Harbor, Somers Point. ( Bean. ) 
Only known from the above account by Dr. Bean. 
Sparisoma sp. Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 137. 
Sub-Order SQUAMIPENNES. 
The Scaly Fins. 
A large group showing affinities with scombroid forms on one 
side and percoid on another, the typical form specialized toward 
the Plectognathi. 
Key to the families. 
a. Dorsal fins 2; separate teeth slender, hardly brush-like. ILARCHIDA 
aa. Dorsal continuous. 
b. Teeth brush-like, setiform, thick-set; carnivorous; caudal peduncle 
unarmed; scales well developed. CH XTODONTIDA 
bb. Teeth incisor-like, uniserial; herbivorous; caudal peduncle usually 
armed with spines or tubercles; scales minute, rough. HARPURIDA 
Family ILARCHID. 
The Spade Fishes. 
Body compressed, usually greatly elevated, anterior profile 
steep, and caudal peduncle short. Mouth small, terminal, hori- 
zontal. Premaxillaries slightly protractile. Maxillary short, 
without supplemental bone, partly slipping under narrow pre- 
orbital. Jaws with bands of slender pointed movable brush-like 
teeth. Nostrils double. Preopercle very finely serrated or entire. 
Post-temporal bifurcate as usual among fishes, not joined to skull. 
Gill-membranes broadly attached to isthmus, openings restricted 
to sides. Gill-rakers very short. Pseudobranchiz present. 
