THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 327 
costal series of scales convergent with upper series over vent. 
Lateral line in course parallel with dorsal profile. No scales on 
dorsals and anals, except along bases, where they are small. Base 
of caudal covered with small scales. Very small scales on chest 
and breast. Head more or less scaly, except lips, mandible and 
maxillary. About 12 series of scales on cheek. Lateral line 
of more or less simple continuous tubes, and till over vent 
slightly arborescent. Spinous dorsal inserted midway between 
tip of snout and origin of rayed fin in vertical, spines graduated 
down from second which is longest, to ninth, and first shortest. — 
Rayed dorsal preceded by a spine a little shorter than eighth, 
though longer than ninth and tenth, and rays a little higher ante- 
riorly with straight margin. Spinous anal inserted much nearer 
base of caudal than that of ventral, first spine very short, and 
second greatly enlarged and a little undulate. Depressed anal 
reaching 34 to base of caudal. Caudal rounded. Pectoral with 
upper rays longest, pointed and reaching about 74 to spinous 
anal. Ventral inserted behind pectoral, reaches 34 to spinous 
anal, and spine */, of fin. Vent a little nearer origin of spinous 
anal than tip of appressed ventral. Color when fresh steel lav- 
ender-gray generally, dark shade due to rather soiled effect of 
minute dusky dots or points which also extend well down to - 
lower side of body. Head dusky above, its sides, like most of 
that of trunk, bright silvery in some lights. Under surface of 
head, chest, abdomen and caudal peduncle, plain whitish. Broad 
transverse bands 6. First from occiput down upper side of head, 
second from just before spinous dorsal, third begins about base 
of fourth dorsal spine, fourth from bases of last few dorsal 
spines and first few dorsal rays, fifth from middle of base of rayed 
dorsal, and sixth saddled over caudal peduncle. On back these 
bands darker and extending up on bases of dorsals. Vertical 
fins dusky-gray, marginally darker. Pectoral brownish, and pale 
basally, becoming grayish on outer portion. Ventral largely 
dusky on outer portion, then grayish, and basally whitish. Lips 
grayish, and white. Iris dull orange, soiled blackish above and 
below. Length 6% inches. Palermo, Cape May County. Octo- 
ber r1th, 1906. G. Z. Hartman. 
Mr. Hartman had also reported their occurrence to me 
previously. On one occasion as many as a hundred or more 
