THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 303 
mentous dorsal rays subequal and short. Spinous anal of 2 
small short weak spines with first about last fourth in postdorsal 
region, and second a trifle longer. Rayed anal similar to soft 
dorsal only filaments 3, shorter, and first branched ray about 
equal to space between tip of mandible and tips of median or 
shortest caudal rays. Caudal well forked, lobes slender, pointed 
and equal. Pectoral a little large, upper rays longest, and reach- 
ing °/,; of space to base of caudal. Ventral long, inserted a little 
before origin of pectoral, reaching 3% to base of caudal, and second 
branched ray longest. Vent first % in postventral region. Color 
in alcohol scarcely different from example noted below with same 
data, when fresh. Broad dark transverse bands distinct. Length 
43% inches. Sea Isle City. August 24th, 1906. Wm. J. Fox. 
Color when fresh. Back more or less plumbeous, deepening 
a little above at predorsal ridge. Head and trunk everywhere 
bright metallic mercury or silvery-white, with bright reflections 
of steel-bluish, bluish-green and lavender. On back above traces 
of about 6 pale though fairly well-defined dull brownish vertical 
or transverse bands, each a little broader than interspace, a little 
darker above and fading out below. First indistinct, extends 
from occiput down to opercle above. Second, very indistinct, 
begins just before origin of rayed dorsal at apex of dorsal profile. 
Third begins below anterior dorsal rays, fourth from median 
rays, fifth from posterior rays, and all these bands most pro- 
nounced. Sixth pale, placed at last rays, and on front of caudal 
peduncle. Vertical fins pale brownish generally, elongated dorsal 
and anal becoming black, which color extends well toward bases 
of first three rays. Pectoral transparent or dilute brownish. 
Ventral jet-black. Opercle with a tinge of dusky. Iris silvery- 
white. Jaws translucent whitish, with a few fine dusky specks. 
Length 3 inches. August 6th, 1906. 
It did not seem to be known to the fishermen. The generic 
name Blepharis Cuvier must replace Alectis of Rafinesque, which 
I had adopted previously, as the latter is a substitute for Gallus 
of Lacépéde, which is preoccupied in birds. Lacépéde’s Gallus, 
however, is congeneric with Selene Lacépéde, as its type by 
tautonomy is Zeus gallus Linnzus. Cuvier’s name is not pre- 
occupied in zoology, though in botany it had previously been used, 
