I2n 



.sometimes lii'CiiiuJil iii coiisideraljlc iiiiiiilteis darijig tlie Spi'inj; 

 uikI Autumn. It iirvor readies a very lai'^-e size, not exceed- 

 in,u; 15 iiiclies. It is very voracious, Ibediiii!,' alike on dead or 

 living- animal sulistaiices, and is in eunseiiiiencf easily taken 

 with tlio liook. 



it al»onnds on t1u' coast oi' Woioester cnnntv. and in 8in'e- 

 j)ii\'ent liay. 



Acad. Coll. S. 1. 



XXXll.--LABrtArTD.'E. 



PtOCCUS, (iill. 



li. LIXEATT'.^. 



Tlie Striped Bass, or Rock-Fish. 



Tln:^ Ixjdy is cylindrical, tajjcring, and moderately com- 

 [)reHsed, The head is large, long, thick, and very hroad ]>e- 

 tween the eyes; the snout very full and obliquely rounded. 

 [>luish-l)rov»'ii or hluisli ahove, silvery on the sides and Le- 

 neath. Along each side are from seven to nine longitudinal 

 lines of Iduish-hlack color, wliich are ricoasi<inally indistinct 

 or interrU|)ted.. 



Fin-rays:— 1). •). 2. 12: P. 15— Ki: Y. 1. 5: A. :}. 11:0. 

 17. 



11. Uacatus, Sch(e[)tf, Schrit'ten der gesellscli. Natnrforsch. 

 Freunde, VIIT p. IDO. 



i*crca saxdtlUe, P>1. Sclm. p. <S'.I. 



P. sepfeiiirionaJi-'i, PI. >Schn. p. DO. Taf. 20, 



HclwnaJineola, 151., Taf. 304. 



CentrnpoiuU'^- linealns. Lace}). 1\'. 255. 



liO(X-us sfriatns, Mitch. Pepoi-t p. 25. 



rej-ai milrhiUi, Mitchill, Trans. New York. 1 p. 413, pi. 

 3 fig 4. 



Lahrax lineafifs, Ouv. cV' Yal. II p. 7f>: DeKay, New York 

 Fauna, Fish., p. 7, pi. 1 fig. 3: Paird in Ninth Smithson. 

 Report, p. 321: IToDn-. Ichtli. S. (Jar. p. 24, pi. 4, lig. 1. 



This tish mav occasional Iv he found in small shoals feed in o- 



