FISHES OF NEW YORK OO < 



At Beesley's Point X. J. Aug. 10, 1887, many young individuals 

 were taken in the seine. D. XII, 16; A. Ill, 13; scales, 75. 



A dark stripe beginning on nape and dividing sends one branch 

 along the back on each side not far from dorsal outline; a dark 

 stripe from eye to root of caudal; cheeks and opercles with 

 several narrow orange stripes : a narrow orange stripe between 

 the two dark body stripes and another below the lower dark 

 stripe; below the second orange stripe with numerous orange 

 spots, not continuous. These specimens are from less than 1 

 inch to more than 2 inches long. 



Young examples were seined at Somers Point, August 13, and 

 abundantly at Ocean City, August 16. The croaking sound 

 made by these little fishes is quite noticeable. 



September 5, Mr W. S. Keates brought in two examples which 

 had been caught on a hook with clam bait; these are 5J inches 

 long, and much larger than the average size. Specimens from 

 4J to 5 inches long were caught at Beesley's Point, August 23; 

 in these there is only a trace of the black lateral stripe along 

 the median line, and the sides have several broad, dark bands. 



September 9 an individual 5 inches long was taken at Bees- 

 ley's Point. This species is unknown to the fishermen. One 

 angler described its croaking as resembling the quacking of a 

 duck. 



Several examples were taken in Gravesend bay, Oct. 24, 1894. 

 De Kay mentions it as a rare fish, but occasionally appearing, 

 he w T as informed, in New York harbor in considerable numbers. 

 He states that it is a very savory food. 



Family SFARIDAE: 



P orgies 



Genus STEXOTOMTJS Gill 



This genus is close to C a 1 a m u * . having the same quill like 

 interhaemal bones, the flattened incisors and antrorse dorsal 

 spine mainly distinguishing it; temporal crest obsolete; frontal 

 bones not gibbous nor porous; antrorse spine attached to the 

 fourth interneural by a downward projecting spine about thrice 

 as long as the spine; lateral crest nowhere coalescing with the 



