.'{80 NEW YORK STATE MUSE!UM 



Scovti)cr venialis :Mit(ii!i.l. Trans. LJt. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. I, '423, 1815, 

 Sandy Hook, New Jersey; De Kay, name omitted from chapter head- 

 ing, N. Y. Fauna. Pushes. 101, pi. 12, fig. 34, 1842, New York coast; 

 Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass. 54, pi. XI, fig. 2, 1867. 



Scomhcr ticonihcr I^innaets, Syst. Nat. ed. XII, 492, 176f>; Guntheh, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus. II. 3.57. 1860. 



Body modcrjitrly long, subterete, fusiform, the snout acute 

 and the caudal peduncle much tapering posteriorly, the great- 

 est higlit two ninths of total length without the caudal, the least 

 dejttli of caudal peduncle equal to the short diameter of the 

 eye, the width of body one half the length of head; head conical, 

 pointed. Its length one fourth of total without caudal, its width 

 one half its length, the width of the interorbital space one half 

 j)ostovbital length of head; snout rather long, one third as long 

 as the head; lower jaw slightly projecting, the mandible extend- 

 ing heliiiid oihit. its length more than one half the length of 

 head, the iiiaxilhi reaching to below front of pupil. The eye is 

 one tifth as long as the head. The spinous dorsal originates over 

 the middle of the pectoral; its base is a little longer than the 

 mandible; the second, and longest, spine is two fifths as long as 

 the li,.;i(l: 111,, last spine is very short, about one third of length 

 of eye; I he interspace between the dorsals is about equal to 

 dejiih of body; the second dorsal base is nearly opposite anal 

 bas<', slightly in advance, its length two fifths of length of the 

 head: I he h)iigest ray is one fourth as long as the head, the last 

 ray i\v<. ihirds as long as the eye; the second dorsal is followed 

 by live liiil.ts. eaeji ns long as the last ray. The anal origin is 

 under i|,r loinili nv fifn, vi\\ of the second dorsal; the base of 

 >'' li" is Hiir ihird as h.ng as the head; the longest ray is one 

 I'^'ll "I post orbital length of liead; the last ray is two thirds 

 IS l(.iiM as I he ey,>; the fin is followed by five finlets which are 

 i"""<'li.'i'ly opposite the dorsal finlets and of about the same 

 ^/'. Tlie ii,|,ii,. caiKlal rays, from end of scales, are equal to 

 '"" 'i^'l! >l,e greatest depth of body; the external rays are nearly 

 iwiee as loi,^^ as I he ii,],ll(' ravs. The ventral origin is very 



slighily i-i a.haiir,. ,,r origin of spinous dorsal, its distance 



'^'""' ''I' "'' """""I '"pialiiig Ihe distance from origin of second 

 "'"''^'' '" ''"" "'""idal liii; the l.-iigth of ilie ventral equals three 



