1:^2 



l,A<i<)l)()N. llolhr. 



L. i;llnMi;oi|)t;,s. 



The llhomboidal Porgy. 



Nenrly oval in shape', compressed. Tlic lieuil issiiuill, uii- 

 covei'cil, with scales in iVont of tlie eyes. Head alx»ve [)ale 

 hrowii, witli small golden s})ots: lips white; sides of head 

 marked with several alternate pale blue and golden lines: 

 the hudy alcove the latci'al line marked with similar lines of 

 the same color, l)ut more clouded, slightly arched and eon- 

 centric. Ik'low the latei'al line these are horizontal, and 

 parallel to the belly, where the blue lines disai)pear, and are 

 replaced with alternate white and golden lines: belly white; 

 a dusky spot ab(jve the root of the pectoral fin. Before the 

 twelve erect spines of the single dorsal tin is a small rcouni- 

 bant spine. 



Fin-rays:— 1). I. 12. 11: P. 14; V. 1. 5; A. 3. 11: C. IT. 



Spanis rlioiithuldes, L. Syst. Nat. I. p. 427. 



Snrgus rJiouhoidefi, ("uv. cV' Yal. A^I. p. (;S. pi. Mo. co]). by 

 DeKay, New York Faun, Fish. p. Wo. pi. 71. fig. 22S. 



LiKjodoii rhojiihoides, Holbr. Ichth. »S. Car. p. 5'). pi. M. 

 fig. 1. 



Savf/u.s r/i.oiid)<>i(/(:'^, Uncntherl. ji. 147. 



It enters the drains of our (Jcean-coast, and is occasionally 

 caught in the lower part of Chesa2)eake Bay, where if feeds 

 on the ci'ustaceous animals ajid smaller hsh. 



Acad. Coll. 



STENOTUMU»S, Uill. 



tS. AU<;YKors. 



The Bi^;- l^)rav. The Fair Maid. 



Form without the tail nearly oval: mujh comiu'esseil: 

 arched above: thin in irout of the dorsal fin: thicker and 

 nearly straight at the belly. Head short, much elevated: 

 eves large: coloi- silvery below, iridescent, and often with a 

 greenish or bluish tint above. The single dorsal fin, placcil 

 in a groove of scales, is ])receded by a short rccum1)ent spine: 

 the pectoral is narrow and long. 



