382. REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Common on our coasts, though less frequently taken than the 
next. My examples from Beesley’s Point, Atlantic City and 
Townsend’s Inlet. 
Prionotus carolinus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 817.—Moore, 
Bull. U.S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 364. 
Prionotus piliatus Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 
327.—Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 817. 
Prionotus palnupes Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p ‘ 
136.—Smith, Bull. U. S. FP. Com., XII, 1892, p. 370: 
Prionotus evolans strigatus (Cuvier). 
Sea Robin. Sand Pig Fish. Pig Fish. Flying Fish. 

Sand Pig Fish. Prionotus evolans strigatus (Cuvier). 
Head 2*/,; depth 4; A. X=12, 1; A: iisa12 Scaleswasene 
88 in a lateral series to base of caudal; pores 52 in lateral line to 
base of caudal, and several more on latter; g scales between 
origin of rayed dorsal and lateral line; 21 scales in a vertical 
series between origin of anal and lateral line; snout 2*/;9 in 
head; eye 6%4; maxillary 2%; interorbital space 54; width of 
mouth 214 ; third dorsal spine 214; second dorsal ray 244; ninth 
anal ray 3%; least depth of caudal peduncle 534; caudal 1%; 
ventral 17/,; pectoral 24% in head and trunk. Body a little 
robust, comparatively deep. Head large. Snout long, convex, 
though broad, and when viewed above truncate in front with 
rounded edges. Eye a little elongate, high and a little posterior. 
