LABKAOID^. — XCa. 231 



usually thickly scaled; colors rather paler and more 

 translucent than in S. vitreum, the shades less blended; 

 olive gray, sides pale orange with much black mottling, 

 the black gathered into several definite dark areas; spin- 

 ous dorsal with two or three rows of round black spots; 

 a large black blotch at base of pectorals; dorsal XII — 1, 

 17; A. II, 13; lat. 1. 95; size not large; length 12 to 15 

 inches. Ohio River and Great Lake region to Upper 

 Missouri; a strongly marked species. {L. grisea, DeK., 

 i. borea, Grd.) 



FAMILY XCI.— LABRACIDJE. 

 (The Baas.) 

 Percoid fishes with the general characters of the pre- 

 ceding family, but having three anal spines, the verte- 

 brae and the spines of the dorsal reduced in number, 

 generally nine or ten of the latter; teeth on the tongue 

 in our species. Genera fifteen; species thirty-five. Mostly 

 of northern regions, the majority of them marine, often 

 entering rivers. 



* Base of tongue with a patch of teeth; scales on head cycloid; 



dorsal fins not connected Roccus. 1. 



** Base of tongue toothless; scales on head ctenoid; dorsal fins 

 united at base; second anal spine enlarged: . Mobgiie, 2. 



/. ROCCUS, Mitchill. Stbipbd Bass. 

 < Labrax, Cuvier. 



* Body little compressed; depth less than i of length; teeth on 



tongue in more than one patch ; chiefly marine. {Bocom) 



1. R. lineatus, (Bl. & Schn.) Gill. Striped Bass. 

 Rock Fish. Silvery or yellowish, with seven or eight 

 longitudinal bands; D. IX— 1, 12; A. Ill, 11; lat. 1. 62. 

 Atlantic Coast, entering rivers. 



** Body much compressed ; depth more than i of length; teeth 

 on tongue is a single patch; fresh waters. {Lepibema, Baf.) 



