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Mouth broad with bands of villiform teeth, broader above ante- 
riorly, and none connected in front of either jaw. Mandible 
inferior. Maxillary reaching front of eye. Interorbital space a 
little broad and concave. Cheek-bone without distinct spine. 
Edge of preorbital granular-serrate, without distinct spine, and 
serree about 12 on each side. Temporal ridges rough, without 
spines. Bones of head with coarsely granular striz. Gill-rakers 
ur 3 + 14 V, lanceolate, rather short, and longest about 1% in 
orbit. Scales on trunk rather large, more or less of uniform size 
except much smaller on belly and breast. Base of caudal with 
small scales. Spinous dorsal inserted about midway between 
gape of mouth and origin of rayed fin, third spine longest and 
anterior margin of first finely serrate. Rayed dorsal inserted a 
little nearer base of caudal than gape of mouth, and highest ante- 
riorly. Anal similar, inserted a trifle posterior, and tips of radi 
free. Caudal truncate. Origin of pectoral opposite that of 
spinous dorsal, and fin extending a little beyond base of ninth 
dorsal ray. Ventral inserted a little before origin of pectoral and 
reaching anal, margin of fin notched. Color brown. A dusky- 
bronze band below lateral line parallel with its course. Rayed 
dorsal with 2 dark blotches extending as bars on back. Head 
speckled. Lower surface of body white. A blackish blotch on 
spinous dorsal marginally at fourth and fifth spines. Pectoral 
dusky or blackish with numerous fine lines of dark, edges of fin 
above and below pale. Length less than a foot. Beesley’s Point. 
This is a most abundant species on our coast in shallow or 
deep water alike. Many examples from Cape May, Anglesea, 
Grassy Sound, Stone Harbor, Avalon, Sea Isle City, Absecom 
and Atlantic City. 
Prionotus strigatus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 
136.—Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 364.—Smith, 
Bull, U.S. 1. Conti, X,.1892, p: 378. 
Family CEPHALACANTHIDE. 
The Flying Gurnards. 
Body elongate, subquadrangular, tapering behind. Head very 
blunt, quadrangular, its surface almost entirely bony. Nasals, 
