ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 



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head, about 3^ in body, extending to first anal spine ; a scaly sheath 

 very conspicuous at base of soft dorsal and anal fins ; temporal crest 

 obsolete; supraoccipital crest continuous 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 mar- 

 gin 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 with- 

 out distinct markings in the adult ; soft parts of vertical fins mottled 

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

 about a foot." 



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STENOTOMUS ACULEATUS." 



Illustration. Page. 



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Southern Porgy. « Read 3 ; depth 2f D. XII, 12 ; A. Ill, 11 ; 

 scales 8-54-15. Body elongate-ovate, the depth gradually decreas- 

 ing 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, 3i in body ; 

 scaly sheath at base of soft dorsal and anal inconspicuous ; snout 



