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tween the ejes", tlie snout very full and obliquely rounded. 

 Bluish-brown or bluish above, silvery on the sides and be- 

 neath. Along each side are from seven to nine longitudinal 

 lines of bluish-black color, which are occasionally indistinct 

 or interrupted. Total length, 18 to 24 inches, and sometimes 

 .even much greater. 



Fin-ravs:— D. 9. 2. 12; P. 15— UV. V. 1. 5: A. 3.11; C. 

 17. 



11. Uneatus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 8c. Philad. 1860, p. 

 112. 



Ferca saxatilis, Bl. Schn. p, 8'J. 



P. sept enfrion alls, Bl. Schn. p. DO. Taf. 20. 



Saicena Jineata, Bl., Taf. 304. 



Centropomus Uneatus, Lacep. IV. 255. 



Roccus striatus, Mitch. Keport p. 25. 



Perca mitchilli, Mitchill, Trans. New York, i p. 41o, pi. 

 3 fig 4. 



Labrax Uneatus, Cuv. & Val. II p. 79; DeKay, New York 

 Fauna, Fish., p. 7, pi. 1 fig. 3; Baird in Ninth Smithson. 

 Eeport, p. 321; Holbr. Ichth. S. Car. p. 24, pi. 4, fig. 1. 



This fish may occasionally be found in small shoals feeding 

 on the barnacles and small Crustacea around tlie piles of 

 bridges and beneath scows and boats. They seem to prefer 

 deep holes and basins in the channels of estuaries, in salt or 

 brackish water. Many Rock-fish winter in the salt creeks, 

 but the majority seek the deep sea-water. 



In the late winter and early spring large specimens full of 

 spawn are common in the Baltimore markets. The large 

 specimens of this fish are known by the name of "Pollers. "" 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



MORONE, Gill. 



M. americana. 



Body oval, much compressed; arched and thin along the 

 back, less arched and slightly thicker at the belly. Head 

 rather long, but not much elevated; eyes very large. Light 

 bluish above, and paler beneath; sides and abdomen white; 

 and without spots or marks, when just drawn from the water. 

 Total length, 10 to 12 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 9. 1. 12; P. 14; V. 1. 5; A. 3. 9; C. 17. 



Morone americana, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 



