THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 3609 
nose. Eye small, circular, and little anterior in head. Mouth 
small, upper jaw even. Interorbital space high and convex. Gill- 
opening just below eye, oblique, and about equal to eye-diameter. 
Body covered with thick rough elastic skin. Dorsal inserted about 
midway between gill-opening and tip of caudal. Anal a little 
anterior and confluent with dorsal around tail by means of caudal 
which is low and wavy. Color grayish. Length 44 inches. 
Anglesea. 
A large clumsy pelagic fish reaching a length of over 8 
feet and a weight of 1800 pounds. ‘They are usually seen swim- 
ing slowly with the elevated dorsal above the water, sometimes 
turning over on its side. An example 4 feet 8 inches long, 
weighed about 200 pounds. It was taken in the surf off Cape 
May, Nov. Ist, 1903. Another taken at Sea Isle City on July 
2oth, 1905, was reported by Mr. Wm. J. Fox. In fact most every 
summer several occur. I also have other records for Cape May. 
‘The young are very different in appearance, with a much com- 
pressed deep body and with caudal replaced by a series of mar- 
ginal spines. 
Orthagoriscus mola Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1867, p. 827. 
Molacanthus carinatus Abbott, 1. c. 
Sub-Order PAREIOPLITA. 
The Mailed Cheek Fishes. 
A large group distinguished chiefly by the presence of the bony 
stay or backwardly directed process from the third suborbital ex- 
tending across cheek toward preopercle. 
Key to the families. 
a. Ventrals not united or forming a round sucking-disk; a well-developed 
spinous dorsal usually. 
b. Body covered with scales mostly, never with plates. 
c. Anal spines III. SCORPANIDAY 
cc. No anal spines. COTTIDAS 
bb. Body covered with plates arranged in about 8 longitudinal rows; 
spinous dorsal short or wanting. AGONIDA 
aa. Ventrals completely united to form a round sucking-disk, rarely obsolete ; 
spinous dorsal little developed. CYCLOPTERID AS 
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