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11. CBSTREUS NOTHUS. 



(Bastard Sea Tkout.) 

 Otolithus nothus Holbrook, Icbthyol. S. Carolina, 134, plate 19, fig. 1, 1860 (Sonth 



Carolina). Giinther, JCat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 308, 1860 (Jamaica). 

 Cynoscion nothus Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 131 (Pensacola). Jordan 



& Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 607 (Cbarleston). Jordan & Gilbert, 



Syn. Fish. Nortb Am., 580, 1882. Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 212 (St. 



Jobn's River, Fla.). 



Habitat. — South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States. 



This species is rather rare at Charleston and elsewhere along our 

 Southern coast. 



It is a very well marked species, differing in numerous respects from 

 the others, regalis, thalassinus, nebulosus, found in the same waters. 

 The specimens examined by us are from Cbarleston. 



12. CESTREUS REGALIS. 



(The "Weak-fish, or Squeteague; "Sea Trout.") 



[FlateL] 



a. Var. regalis. 



Johnius regalis Blocb & Scbneider, Syst. Icbtbyol., 75, 1801. Holbrook, Icbtbyol. S. 

 Carolina, 127, plate 18, fig. 1 (South Carolina). 



Otolithus regalis Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 67 (New York, New Orleans). 

 Ricbardson, Faun. Bor. Amer. Fisb., 68, 1836. Storer, Report Fisbes Massa- 

 chusetts, 33, 1839 ("no longer found on the coast"). Storer, Hist. Fisb. 

 Mass., 122, plate 9, fig. 1 (Provincetown). Ayres, Fisbes of Brookbaven, 

 L. L, 259, 1842. DeKay, New York Fauna, Fisbes, 71, plate 8, fig. 24, 1842 

 (New York). Storer, Syn. Fisb. Nortb Am., 118, 1846 (Massachusetts). 

 Giinther, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mus., ii, 307, 1860. 



Cynoscion regale Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1862, 18. Ubler & Lugger, Fisbes 

 of Maryland, 98, 1876 (Cbesapeake Bay). Goode & Beau, Fisbes of Esses 

 County and Massachusetts Bay, 17, 1879 (Milk Island, Cape Ann). Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 90 (Norfolk, Va. ; Wood's Holl, Mass.). Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 607 (Cbarleston). Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Syn. Fisb. North Am., 581, 1882. Goode, Hist. Arpiat. Aniin., 362, plate 120, 

 1884 (Wood's Holl, Mass.). 



Boccus comes Mitcbill, Report in part Fishes New York, 26, 1814 (New York). 



Labrus squeteague Mitcbill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. New York, 396, plate 2, fig. 1, 

 LSI 5 (New York). 



I). Var. thalassinus. 



Otolithus thalassinus Holbrook, Icbth. South Carolina, 132, plate 18, fig. 2 (South Car- 

 olina). Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 308, 1860 (Gulf of Mexico). 

 Cynoscion thalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 581, 1882 (copied). 



Habitat.— Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States ; var. thalas- 

 sinus from Virginia to Louisiana. 



The Weak-fish is one of the most valuable food-fishes of our At- 

 lantic coast. It is caught in large numbers, and its fiesh is very excel- 

 lent for the table. Its fiesh, like that of most species of the genus, is 

 very tender and easily torn, hence the common name of Weak-fish. 



