GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 289 



The belly silvery opaque white, the fins pale green, the lateral 

 line dead white. 



The body is long and cylindrical, the head sloping in an 

 arched line, the eyes large, the scales small and adhesive. It 

 has a cirrus or barbel at the extremity of the lower jaw. It has 

 four rows of teeth on the upper, and one on the lower jaw. 



It has three dorsal fins, respectively of fifteen, twenty-two, 

 and nineteen rays ; pectorals, nineteen rays ; ventrals, six rays. 

 Two anal fins respectively of twenty-two and nineteen rays; 

 caudal, forty rays. 



It is a bold and voracious fish, ranging from New York 

 northwardly along all the coasts of America. 



