Atlantic eoiist of Wdvcoiitei' I'oiiiity and in ilie .suittheiii jiart 

 of (yliPsapeake Bay. 



ACAT). (.*OLI,. 



(UllI.ICHTITYH, :\lnll. 



('. TUKGIDUS. 



The Common Piilfer, or Rough Swell Fish. 



I>i)(ly v)blong, cyliudrica!, urul nearly globular wlicn in- 

 rtatcd. T])t' wliolc siirfaco. except the chin and the space 

 heliind dorsal and anal ilns, covered with small acute sj)ines 

 with triiid bases; those jirickles arc most numerous between 

 tlie eyes and on tlie back. Dai-lc olive-'^'rcen above, with a 

 yellowish tinge aloJig tlie sides. Hides antl all beneath white,, 

 with occasional]}' a greenisli tinge, and barred transversely 

 hy seven or eight blackisli, irregularly deiined bands. 



Kin-rays:- T). ()— S: V. 15; A. <; - S; (!. {\~-U. 



a. 1ur(filuf;, Schwpil", iicobacht. Ues. I^Itri". Frciinde, Ber- 

 lin, A^Ili, ]). 189; Mitch. Lit. c^t Phil. Trans. Nevv York, 1, 

 p. -1:T^>, ]d. ('., iig.. ,"); DeKaj', Xew York Fauna, Fish., p. 327, 

 1)1. .">.'), Jig. ITS: Storer, MVnn. Am. Acad. VI U, j>. nc.jd. :!3, 

 Iig. :>. 



(Jominon during the summcj" in the Ht. Mary's lUver; said 

 to take the hook (juite readily. It is found in Jiiany sections 

 of both peninsulas, including the Atlantic eoast of Worcester 

 county. 



Acad. Coij.. >S. 1. 



IV.— OSTRACIONTID^. 



LACTOrilRYS. Swainson. 

 L. TRTcJoxrs. 



Tlic Trunk-Fish. 



Body ti'iangular, covered with hexagonal ])lates, each with 

 six raised lines, diverging from the centre to the angles; 

 these plates are larger ])Ostcrior to the ])Ccto]'al lins. A Hat. 

 prominent, recurved s])ine is sitmtied on each side of the pos- 

 terior portion of the abdomen. The color above h a light 



