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been taken in brackish water, weighing from 1^2 to 2 pounds, 

 at the Dennis Creek Landing. 



On March loth, 1906, I took a small example in the vittatus 

 stage in a small tributary of the Pensauken Creek, near Pen- 

 sauken, Burlington county. 



On July 15th, 1906, several young examples were taken in a 

 tributary of Crosswick^ Creek, near Trenton. They were paler 

 than those taken in the Great Egg Harbor River. 



Color in life of adult breeding male dull olive on back and 

 creamy-white below with coppery reflections. From eye back 

 alongside an underlaid band of rather deep dusky-olive, like gen- 

 eral color of back above, and from which it is separated by an 

 equally wide, paler interspace, though this not so- pale as lower 

 side or belly. Along back another on each side from head similar 

 to lower dark mediolateral one, and not well defined above from 

 general color of back. Below, or along its lower margin, it 

 forms striking contrast with pale area. Color of back all over- 

 shot with purplish and coppery reflections in most lights. On 

 upper side of body about 8 underlaid transverse shades as so 

 many transverse bands, rather broad, and not quite so well de- 

 fined as 2 longitudinal bands, but persisting below lower of 

 latter, where they soon fade out in pale color of lower surface 

 of body. Head adipose-like over most all its upper surface, 

 especially above where it is more or less tinted with muddy- 

 brown. Sides of head and under surface with similar adipose- 

 like development, especially cheek, and with dull rosy and pur- 

 plish tints. Opercle above with a slight greenish tinge. Lips 

 pale or almost colorless brownish. Iris olivaceous, with dusky 

 shades, and becoming greenish and bluish about narrow bright 

 rosy circle aroimd pupil. Dorsal transparent olivaceous on 

 greater basal portion of fin, and between each ray a broad dusky 

 blotch parallel, though this fading out towards margin. Caudal 

 transparent olive, lower margin grayish, and submarginally a 

 narrow dusky obsolete line. Anal with rays adipose-like, usually 

 first or simple ones, and all others greatly tuberculate. First 

 4 branched rays much longer than others, broadly branched, and 

 with very numerous small tubercles. On these rays medianly 

 are about 4 or more large tubercles, similar to those on remain- 



