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11. <'IIRY,-OI*TERON. 



The Yellow-fmned licd-inoiitb. 



In o-eiierul sluxpo like tlic r>ii2: Toruy, Tli(3 Ixxly is elon- 

 ,ii;ate(l, inucli compressed, sluirp and arelied aloiiji,' the back, 

 broader and nearly strainlit below. Tlie A'ery lar<i;e head is 

 \(>nv;, CDUipi-e.ssed at the sides, narrower below, In-oad and tiat 

 between tlie eyes. When lirst taken iVoni the waters, tlic 

 \vhol(! animal is l)rii;'lit silvery, bnt it .soon l»ecomes of a ]>ale 

 Imriit umber-brown, thoui;li the belly I'omains white. Tin- 

 posterior two-thii'ds of the lower j;i\\ and month within and 

 without are I'ed. 



Fin-rays:— D. 1:5. 14: V. 15: Y . 1. 5: A. 8. JO: C. IS. 



//. c/in/sojJleroji, (Tuenthei-, T, p. i^lii. 



Percd c/u'i/finpfcrfi, Jnnn. Sysr. Nat. I, p. 4S,S. 



]jiilj(in>is cjirijsoptcru.s^ Laeep. I^^, ]ip. ISIl, 22(i. 



HiViindoit. ilirysopteroit , (_\\x. iV' A'al., \', ]). 240, DeKay. 

 New York Zool., lY, p. 8.5, j.!. T, h,;;-. 22 : Ibdbr, lehtli. S. 

 Car., p. 121, pi. IT, h-'. 1. 



(Jeeurs oeeasionally in the lower pait of the (Jhfsaiieake 

 Bay. It is not esteemed as food, its ilesh lacking;' both 11 rm- 

 ness and tlavoi\ 



URTJIOPRISTIS, (Jirard. 



O. FULVoMACULATrS. 



The Hog Fish; The Speckled lled-niouth, ov 

 Grunts. 



The form of tliis lish is elon^'ated, compressed, tliin and 

 much arched at the back, thicker and nearly straight at the 

 belly. The jiea<l is large, with a long and straight face, or 

 hut slightly incurved above the eye. Above pale l)rown; 

 belly silvery; sides nnirked with numerous yellow S2)0ts, dis- 

 posed in irregular ol)li(|ue lines above the lateral line, and 

 below it in horizontal rows. Lower jaw orange at the angle 

 of the mouth. 



Fin-rays: -1). 11. FV. P. IS: Y. i. :.: A.%:5. 12: V. 17, 



