THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 347 
sal and lateral line; about 42 scales in a vertical series between 
origin of first anal and lateral line; width of head 2% in its 
length; depth of head over middle of eye 2; snout 234); 
eye 5; maxillary 27g; interorbital space 4; second ray of first 
dorsal 144; second ray of second dorsal 2%; third ray of third 
dorsal 274; seventh ray of first anal 24; fourth ray of second 
anal 3; least depth of candal peduncle 5%; caudal 19/,,; pec- 
toral 14%; ventral 2%. Body robust, well compressed, heavy 
forward, and elongately ovoid. Caudal peduncle compressed, 
edges depressed above and below. Head robust, with more or 
less swollen appearance. Snout about as long as broad, with 
slight depression about nostrils, and protruding in front. Eye 
rounded, large, high and a little anterior in head. Mouth mod- 
erate, transversely inferior, and upper jaw protruding a little 
in front of lower. Maxillary more or less concealed, reaching 
front of eye. Bands of small teeth in jaws, also on vomer. 
Tongue thick, fleshy and a little free in front. Nostrils a little 
nearer eye than tip of snout, close together, anterior with a 
small cutaneous flap, and posterior larger. Occiput resolving 
into a median convex osseous keel. Gill-rakers 3 + 21, lanceo- 
late, short, and largest about half of largest filaments, which are 
about 34 of eye. Scales more or less imbedded, cycloid and thin. 
Scales on head all minute, absent from muzzle, and those on 
opercle very small. Scales on predorsal region and back above 
to third dorsal all very small and of crowded appearance. Small 
scales on base of caudal, otherwise fins naked. Lateral line con- 
spicuous and more or less concurrent with dorsal profile. First 
dorsal inserted opposite origin of pectoral, and rays graduated 
down from second which is longest. Second dorsal inserted a 
trifle before tip of pectoral, its base longest of dorsal fins, and 
graduated down from third ray which is longest. Third dorsal 
inserted nearer origin of second dorsal than base of caudal, and 
rays graduated down from fourth which is largest. First anal 
inserted opposite origin of second dorsal, though fin much larger, 
and graduated down from about sixth ray which is longest. 
Second anal inserted a trifle after origin of third dorsal, and of 
about similar size. Caudal broad, with posterior edge emargin- 
ated. Pectoral pointed, reaches a trifle beyond origin of first 
