316. REPORTIOB NEW JERSEY STATE (MUSEUM: 
upper lobe longer. Pectoral 114 in space to spinous anal. Ven- 
tral inserted behind base of pectoral, reaching 114 in space to 
origin of spinous anal. Vent nearer anal than tip of ventral. 
Color in alcohol largely with silvery reflections, back dull olivace- 
ous, fading paler below, and under surface becoming whitish. 
Fins brownish, pectoral and ventral paler. Iris slaty. Length 
8 inches. Cedar Swamp Creek in tide-water at Petersburg, Cape 
May County. April 16th, 1906. T. D. Keim and H. W. 
Fowler. 
Color of the above in life largely dull olivaceous-brown 
above, inclining to dusky over most all of upper surface. Belly 
and abdomen silvery-white. Sides of head with brassy, and this 
shade very slightly extending over whole of trunk above. Iris 
brassy. Inside of gill-opening whitish with coppery reflections. 
Opercle tinted green. Mandible pale purplish, tinted with pale 
dusky spots, jaws otherwise pale translucent whitish. Dorsal 
and caudal olivaceous-brownish. Anal pale. Pectoral brown- 
ish, tinted warm basally, and upper edge a little dusky. 
This fish is taken about Cape May, Tuckahoe and other places 
in some numbers at times. At Petersburg they were usually 
found in gill-nets. Mr. G. Z. Hartman reports 1 from off 
Palermo, Cape May County, of about 2% pounds weight. 
Many varieties are known by their colors, and several of each are 
usually taken in one haul, according to some fishermen. 
Centropristis striatus (Linnzus). 
Black Sea Bass. Centropristis striatus (Linneus). (Young.) 
Black Sea Bass. 
