-j-4 NEW YOKK STATE MUSEfL'M 



Cmosrion ncbniosiis Jordan- & Eteemann, Bull. 47. U. S. Nat. Mus. U09. 

 1808, pi. CCXXI, fig. 563, 1900. 

 Body elongate, compressed, its greatest depth two ninths of 

 the total length without candal; the least depth of caudal pedun- 

 cle one half postorbital length of head. Head long, two sevenths 

 of total length without caudal; snout long and acute, about two 

 sevenths as long as the head; eye small, about one seventh as 

 long as head; maxillary reaching to below hind margin of orbit, 

 :is long as snoiil and (\ve combined; canines strong; lower 

 j.l.Mryngeals narrow, each with seven or eight series of short 

 tccili. the inner enlarged; gill r;ikers short and thick, about 

 4 7 on liist arch; maxillary, preorbital. and lower jaw naked. 

 Sjiiiieus dorsal base as long as postorbital part of head; 

 first dorsal spine one half as long as second, w^hich is one third 

 leugth of head; third and longest spine nearly one half as long-^ 

 as head; spines decreasing rapidly in length from the fifth to 

 thr lasi. which is minute; soft dorsal base one third of total 

 lengtli wiihont caudal; the longest soft ray one third length of 

 base. Caudal shallow concave, the middle rays one half as long 

 as the head, .\iial base short, one third as long as the head; 

 longesi anal ray one half dejjth of body. Tectoral short, reach- 

 ing 1( below sixth si)ine of dorsal. Ventral longer than pec- 

 loial. one sixth of total without caudal, reaching to below end 

 of s].inons dorsal. Ventral ai)i)endage nearly as long as the 

 eye. 1). X. T. L'4 to 28; A. I. 10 to 12; A\ I. 5; P. I, 15; pores in 

 lateral line aboni '.Ml. 



IJody silvery with bright reflections; numerous black spots on 

 Itaik. Iteginning under the s])inous dorsal; soft dorsal and caudal 

 similarly simited. the largest sjjots smaller than ])npil; anal fin 

 dusky. 



The sjiotted weaktish is a better food tish than the common 

 imrtliiru species; ii ranges Irom New ^'ork to Texas, but is rare 

 n.Mt li of N'irginia. 



Genus i.\itniis Cnvier^; Naleiicienhes 

 \\n{\\ rather elongate. <oni|iressed; skull firm, not greatly 

 cavei-nous; inierorbital space rather narrow; ])reorbital Hattish, 

 not turgid; iipiier jaw wiili the usual slits and pores little de- 



