THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 279 
Schilbeodes gyrinus (Mitchill). 
Stone Cat. 
Color in life olivaceous-dusky, generally. Dorsal and caudal 
dark. Belly, ventral, pectoral and lower surface of head tinted 
saffron-whitish, and more or less whitish in middle of belly. 
Barbels pale brownish. Iris slaty. Half-grown. Affluent of 
Crosswicks Creek near Trenton. July 15th, 1906. 
Mr. S. H. Hamilton and myself found them very abundant 
April 8th, 1906, in a small choked up cut-off of Mantua Creek 
above Mantua, associated with Anguilla chrisypa and Umbra 
pygmea. ‘They swim about rather slowly when in the open 
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Stone Cat. Schilbeodes gyrinus (Mitchill). 
water, with rapid contractions of the body. Color in life olive- 
brown generally, dorsal fin scarcely darker than general color of 
trunk. Caudal a little more so, its margin rather diffuse pale 
dusky. Lateral line in a dusky streak. Iris slaty. Pectoral and 
ventral pale translucent brown, ventral still paler. Abdomen, 
belly and under surface of head with slight gamboge tints, especi- 
ally about branchial region, bases of pectorals and ventrals. 
Barbels brownish, mentals but slightly paler than upper. Largest 
334 inches. Other smaller examples varied somewhat in color, 
some more or less ruddy-brown tinted, and others which are very 
small were more or less entirely with blackish. In alcohol they 
fade out considerably. 
