VIII. 



A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. 

 BY DAVID HUMPHREYS STOKER, M. D., A. A. S. 



Continued from page 92. 



OTOLITHUS REGALIS, Cuv. 

 The Weak-fish. 



(PLATE IX. FIG. 1.) 



Johnius regalis, SCHK. 



Labrus squeteague, Weak-jish, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 396, pi. 2, fig. 6. 



L'Otolithe royal (Otolithus regalis, Cuv., Johnius regalis, SCHN., Looms sgueteague,MiTCS.), Cuv. et VAL., v. p. 67. 



Sciana (Otolithus) regalis, Sgueteague, RICH., Faun. Boreal. Americ., in. p. 68. 



Otolithus regalis, Weak-Jlsh, STOKER, Report, p. 33. 



" " " ATKES, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 259. 



" " " DEKAT, Report, p. 71, pi. 8, fig. 24. 



" " " LINSLEY, Cat. of Fishes of Conn. 



" " " STOEEB, Mem. Amer. Acad., New Series, n. p. 318. 



" " " SIOREK, Synopsis, p. 66. 



Color. The upper part of the body is of a bluish color, with irregularly distributed 

 brownish spots. Sides silvery. Abdomen white. Pupils black ; irides yellow. Dorsals, 

 pectorals, and caudal fin brownish. Ventrals and anal orange. 



Description. Body elongated, compressed. The length of the head is equal to one 

 fourth the whole length of the fish ; it is flattened between the eyes, and slightly convex 

 back of them. The eyes are large and horizontally oblong, and about one seventh the 

 length of the head. The nostrils are situated directly in front of the superior anterior 

 angle of the eye ; the posterior the larger, a vertical slit ; the anterior circular. Mouth 

 large. The lower jaw the longer, with a single row of separated, sharp teeth upon its 

 sides, and several rows of smaller teeth at its centre. The sides of the upper jaw are 

 armed with very minute teeth ; somewhat larger teeth are observed at its centre, in 



