(SRNKKAI. l>K,sCUIITIoN. Oftft 



«)f tlic Tn»ut, whence prohnMy its soutlirni ininiionur. Win ii 

 it huH boon tnkrn tlircv or four hour* it In'oomc^ flntvijl, insipid, 

 and in fiirt utterly wurthlesa. 



Its colour in liluioh grey mImitc, with trri'|;ulur liiu'!i of tmnii- 

 ver«e s|M)t!i on tlu* hnck and sides ; the head m jjreenish blue, 

 the indes arc yeUow, the ^jill-covers an<l In-lly silvery and 

 nacrous, the chin Salmon-colourc<I, dorsal and caudal tins hrox^n, 

 pcctomls pale brownish yellow, ventrals and anal oranp*. 



The ImmIv is lonj;, ulendiT, and conipn'ssed ; hea<l convet 

 «Ik>vc the eye*, the scales niodrrate-sixcd, oval, coverir.jf the 

 head and jfilUeovers ; the lateral line is slightly-curved ; the eyes 

 larjje ; niaxdlahm, intennaxillanes, and pharyngeals minutelv 

 t(M>the<l. 



The first (hirsal fin is triangular, and longer than it is high, 

 of eight weak spmes ; between this and the sec<ind dorsal is a 

 single weak spme. The wcond dorsal has twenty-eight iMift 

 rays, the |»cctorals have eighteen stift rays; iIh* \eiitnil«, one 

 sptne and five wtH rays; the anal, thirteen; aii«l tin- cnuil .1 

 •rventccn rays. 



Of this fish there an* tw«» distinct varieties, the Otolithuji 

 CarolimenMU, also niisiianie<l Trttiit, whuh is blurr on the back 

 than the ComtntMi Weak Ki*h, and is s|N)tted rather than 

 ■tnated ; and the O/o/i/Amj Drummondt, a smaller aixxncs found 

 at New Orlcaiui. 



The Common Weak Fish u taken with the huok and n^l uf 

 all titrs, fnmi a few ounrrs up to arvrn or eight |NHinds, and it 

 is prMitivelj aMcrtrd rvrti up to thirty, but I have never si-en a 

 spmmrn appnittchiug • ■ -''••■ dimensions 



