THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 363 
without distinct openings. Gill-opening nearer snout than dorsal, 
its length 3% in head. Body mostly smooth, but belly covered 
with large subequal 3-rooted spines, no smaller ones intermixed, 
and well separated. Dorsal falcate, inserted nearly midway be- 
tween origin of pectoral and base of caudal. Anal opposite. 
Caudal lunate, upper lobe a little longer. Pectoral broad, a little 
less than half way to dorsal. Olive-greenish above, below white. 
Length 20 inches. Atlantic City. 
Color when freshly caught beautiful olive-brown above, becom- 
ing more or less dusky on upper surface of caudal peduncle. 
Lines of demarcation of darker color on head and back distinct, 
and color just below this more or less silvered. Side of body on 
same region, and also extending well below, beautiful citron- 
yellow or green. This latter bounded below by lateral keel, and 
above color between is seen to have a beautiful pale plumbeous 
shade in some lights. Lips pale brownish-yellow, and upper 
much paler than rest of upper surface of head. Lower surface 
of body chalky-white, and on posterior portion or on lower sur- 
face of caudal peduncle, chalky-white with an ochraceous-yellow 
tinge. Anal chalky-white. Inside of gill-opening black. Beak 
pale horn-color. Eye slaty, and marginally iris with a narrow 
greenish-yellow ring. Dorsal and caudal olive-brown, upper 
margin of latter dark and lower lobe a little pale. Pectoral dilute 
olive-gray. One taken August 13th, 1904, in Delaware Bay. A 
letter states that it grunted like a pig and fought hard for its life 
when hauled on board. It also inflated its body and was more 
or less transparent, similar in shape to a large basket. Length 
about 2 feet. Another example showed the following when 
fresh. Slaty-brown on back, side becoming paler, and median line 
of back more or less nebulous with dusky-slate. Side of body to 
lower lateral fold gilded or washed with metallic silvery and 
grayish reflections, below opaque chalky or milky-white. Dorsal 
dusky-brown, anterior edge dark and posterior or upper edge 
paler. A tinge of dusky dots submarginally on dorsal. Caudal 
more or less slaty, tip of each lobe milky-white. Anal pale 
brownish. Pectoral pale brownish, darker basally. Inside of 
gill-opening slaty. Iris pale or citron-white. Length 1% 
inches. Sea Isle City. Wm. J. Fox. 
