SCLENID^E. — LXVIII. 143 



Lat. 1. 85. L. 2 feet. N. J. to Texas, common S. All these species 

 are absurdly called "Trout" in the Southern States, — a name also 

 applied in the same regions to the Black Bass. 



174. BAIRDIELLA Gill. (To Spencer Fullerton Baird.) 



390. B. chrysura (Lacepede). Silver Perch. Yellow- 

 tail. Mademoiselle. Jaws subequal ; teeth in lower mostly 

 in one series ; second anal spine moderate, 2^ in head ; eye large. 

 Greenish, sides silvery ; scales and fins much punctulate ; lower fins 

 yellow. Head 3|; depth 2f. D. X-l, 22. A. II, 9. Lat. 1. 50. 

 L. 9. Cape Cod to Texas, abundant S. (xpvaos, golden ; ovpd, 

 tail.) 



175. SCLS3NA (Artedi) Linnams. (Corvina Cuvier.) (Old 

 name, from <tki&, shade.) 



a. Preopercle serrate in young, the teeth disappearing with age; body elon- 

 gate, little compressed. (Scicenops Gill.) 



391. S. ocellata L. Red-fish. Channel Bass. Headlong; 

 eye small : mouth large, nearly horizontal : teeth in both jaws in 

 bands, the outer enlarged above ; anal spines moderate. Grayish- 

 silvery, dark points on the scales, forming undulating brown streaks ; 

 a jet black spot edged with orange on base C. above, this sometimes 

 duplicated. Head 3£ ; depth 3£. D. X-l. 24. A. II, 8. Scales 

 4-50-7. L. 4 feet. Cape Cod to Mexico; an important food-fish, S. 



176. LEIOSTOMUS Lacepede. (Xeios, smooth; oro^a mouth.) 



392. L. xanthurus Lacepede. Spot. Goody. La Fayette. 

 Compressed: profile steep; snout blunt, fins low. Bluish, sides 

 with 15 dark oblique bars ; a round black spot behind shoulder. 

 Head 3^; depth 3. D. X-l, 32. A. II, 12. Lat. 1. 60. L. 12. 

 Cape Cod to Texas. (£av86s, yellow; ovpd, tail, but the C. is never 

 yellow.) 



177. MICROPOGON Cuv. & Val. (piicpos, small: Truyav, beard.) 



393. M. undulatus (L.). Croaker. Body rather elongate, 

 with rather long head and large mouth. Grayish-silvery, back and 

 sides with undulating dark streaks; dorsals with lines of dots. 

 Head 3|, depth 3^. D. X-l, 27. A. II, 8. Lat. 1. 60. L. 18. 

 X. Y. to Texas. 



178. MENTICIRRHTJS Gill. (Lat., mention, chin ; cirrus, 



barbel.) 



a. Gill rakers obsolete; lower pharyngeals narrow, their teeth slender; outer 

 teeth of upper jaw enlarged; scales on breast large: maxillary reaching 

 beyond front of eye, more than 3 head. (Menticirrkus.) 

 b. Outer teeth of upper jaw very strong; lower lobe of C. not black. 



394. M. americanus (L.). Whiting. D. a little lower than 

 in the next species, the spines barely reaching soft rays. Silver- 



