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Illustration. Page. 



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LAGODON RHOMBOIDES." 



(Repeated.) 



" Head 3± ; depth 2 to 2 2 A ; eye 4. 

 D. XII, 11 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 10-65 to 

 70-17. Body elongate, elliptical; head 

 flattened, muzzle pointed, profile not 

 very steep; eye moderate, ly§ to \y 2 

 in snout, 1 in interorbital ; mouth mod- 

 erate, maxillary not reaching front of 

 orbit, 3^ in head ; incisors \, all deeply 

 notched ; molars in two series in each 

 jaw ; gill rakers 6 + 13 ; dorsal spines 

 all rather high, the highest about 2 in 

 head ; caudal deeply forked ; second 

 anal spine not longer than third ; ven- 

 trals short and broad, pectorals moderate, 

 upper rays reaching past origin of anal. 

 Color, in life, olivaceous, the sides bluish-silvery ; a humeral spot 

 and traces of 6 vertical bars ; gilt stripes much less intense than in 

 Archosargus unimaculatus, much broader than the interspaces ; about 

 7 stripes below the lateral line, those above it more or less confluent ; 

 dorsal fin pale bluish, with a submedian gilt band and a gilt edging ; 

 caudal yellow, faintly barred ; anal bluish, with a medium yellowish 



Sailor's Choice ; 



Ronco Blanco ; 



Ronco Prieto ; 



Bastard Margaret ; 



Pigfish ; 



Hogfish ; 



Pinfish ; 



Bream ; 



Chopa Spina (J. & E.); 



Sailor's Choice ; 



Spot (U.S. Commission, 1896, 



pages 230, 245, plate 48) ; 

 Sailor's Choice ; 

 Pinfish ; 

 Shiny Scup (Bulletin U. S 



Commission, 1897). 



