1346 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



which makes an acute angle with the supraorbital. American shore fishes. 

 6$, narrow; TOJUOS, cutting; from the narrow incisors.) 



a. Body ovate, elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the 



eleventh ; anterior profile steep ; pectoral shorter than head, 3 in body ; snout 



short, 2 in head. CHRYSOPS, 1718. 



aa. Body elongate, ovate, the depth decreasing backward from the first dorsal spine; 



anterior profile not steep ; pectoral about as long as head, 3| in body ; snout 



long, half head. ACULEATUS, 1719. 



1718. STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS (Linnaeus). 



(COMMON SOUP ; PORGY; SCUPPAUG.) 



HeadSi; depth 2 fa. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 11; scales 8-50-16 ; snout short, 

 2| in head ; eye small, narrower than the preorbital, 4 to 4 in head ; fourth 

 dorsal spine 2, third anal spine the longest, 3. Body ovate-elliptical, the 

 depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the eleventh; anterior 

 profile steep, nape convex, a strong depression above and in front of eye, 

 straightish over snout; pectoral less than head, about 3 in body, extend- 

 ing to first anal spine; a scaly sheath very conspicuous at base of soft 

 dorsal and anal fins; temporal crest obsolete; supraoccipital crest con- 

 tinuous with the frontal bones; incisor teeth very narrow, almost conical 

 in appearance; molars in 2 rows above; gill rakers small, about 6 + 10; 

 top of head, snout, orbitals, and chin naked ; scales on cheek extending 

 from upper margin of eye, the anterior row composed of from 15 to 20 

 scales; caudal fin forked, the middle ray about 2 in longest ray. Color 

 brownish, somewhat silvery below, everywhere with bright reflections, but 

 without distinct markings in the adult; soft parts of vertical fins mottled 

 with dark in adult ; young faintly barred ; axil dusky. Length about a 

 foot. Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod to South Caro- 

 lina; one of the commonest food-fishes of our Atlantic coast, especially 

 abundant northward. (%pv66$j gold; ooip, eye.) 



Sparus chrysops, LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. xn, 471, 1766, Charleston. 



Sparus argyrops, LINN^SUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. xn, 471, 1766, Charleston; young. 



Sparus xanthurus, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss.,iv, 120, 1803, Charleston; after argyrops t 



Labrus versicolor, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc., I, 1815, 464, New York. 



Sargus ambassis, GUNTHER, Cat., i, 449, 1859, New York. 



Stenototnus chrysops, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 556; JORDAN & FESLER, Z. c., 507. 



1719. 8TENOTOMUS ACULEATUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (SOUTHERN PORGY.) 



Head 3 ; depth 2. D. XII, 12 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 8-54-15. Body elongate- 

 ovate, the depth gradually decreasing from first dorsal spine to caudal 

 peduncle; anterior profile not steep, nape slightly convex, a slight 

 depression above and behind eye, convex over snout; pectoral about as 

 long as head, 3^ in body; scaly sheath at base of soft dorsal and anal 

 inconspicuous; snout long and pointed, 2 in head; eye large, less than 

 width of preorbital, about 3| in head; interorbital area very convex; 6 

 strong conical teeth in front of upper jaw and 8 in lower; molar teeth 

 coarser and larger than in 8. chrysops; scales on cheek reaching to top of 



