THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. Bre 
Inlet on November 9th. They were taken on blood-worm bait, 
which appears rather unusual for this time of year. 
Large examples are sometimes taken in the Delaware below 
Trenton, off Delanco, Riverton and Burlington. 
Labrax lineatus Gill, An. Rep. Smiths Inst., 1856, p. 255. 
Morone americana (Gmelin). 
White Perch. 
Iead 234; depthiz14~ 1X, 1, 12,1; AgU, 9; 1; scales}47. in 
lateral line to base of caudal, and 6 more on latter; 7 scales in 
vertical series between origin of spinous dorsal and lateral line; 
IO scales in a vertical series between origin of spinous anal and 
lateral line; mandible 2% in head; fourth dorsal spine 1% ; first 
dorsal ray 2; third anal spine 2%; first anal ray 2; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 234; upper caudal lobe 114; pectoral 134; 
ventral 124; snout 4 in head measured from tip of upper jaw; 
eye 44%; maxillary 3. Body compressed, rather deep, back 
elevated, and greatest depth at origin of spinous dorsal, Head 
compressed, profiles more or less similar, and above upper be- 
comes strongly convex after occiput. Snout conic, and its length 
36 its width. Eye rounded, near first third in head. Mouth 
oblique, and mandible protruding a little. Lips fleshy. Teeth 
fine, in narrow bands in jaws and on vomer and palatines. 
Tongue with a narrow band of fine teeth on each side, rounded 
in front and free. Maxillary reaches first third of eye or a 
little behind front rim of pupil, and its distal expansion 2 in orbit. 
Nostrils placed in last third of length of snout. Interorbital 
space convex and broad. Ridge of opercle salient. Margin of 
preopercle finely serrate, and serre rather sparse. Opercular 
spines 2, lower larger and posterior. Gill-rakers 8 + 12, lance- 
olate, equal filaments or about 2 in iris. Scales large, finely 
ctenoid, and in series parallel with lateral line above its course, 
below in horizontal series. Small scales on bases of fins. Scales 
in 8 series on cheek. Tubes simple in lateral line, which is con- 
current with dorsal profile. Origin of spinous dorsal about 
midway between front rim of pupil and origin of rayed dorsal. 
Second and third anal spines subequal, and first 214 in second. 
Rayed anal with anterior rays longest. Caudal emarginate, and 
