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Lat. 1. 85. L. 2 feet. N. J. to Texas, common S. All these species 

 are absurdly called " Trout " in the Southern States, — a name also 

 applied in the same regions to the Black Bass. 



174. BAIRDIELLA Gill. (To Spencer FuUerton Baird.) 



390. B. chrysura (Lacepede). Silver Perch. Yellow- 

 tail. Mademoiselle. Jaws subequal ; teeth in lower mostly 

 in one series ; second anal spine moderate, 2| in head ; eye large, 

 Greenish, sides silvery ; scales and fins much punctulate ; lower finj 

 yellow. Head 3^ ; depth 2f. D. X-1, 22. A. II, 9. Lat. 1. 50, 

 L. 9. Cape Cod to Texas, abundant S. (p^puo-os, golden; ovpd, 

 tail.) 



175. SCI.SNA (Artedi) Linnseus. (Corvina Cnvier.') (Old 

 name, from aKia, shade.) 

 a. Preopercle serrate in young, the teeth disappearing with age ; body elon- 

 gate, little compressed. (Scimnops Gill.) 



391. S. ocellata L. Red-fish. Channel Bass. Headlong; 

 eye small ; mouth large, nearly horizontal ; teeth in both jaws in 

 bands, the outer enlarged above ; anal spines moderate. Grayish- 

 silvery, dark points on the scales, forming undulating brown streaks ; 

 a jet black spot edged with orange on base C. above, this sometimes 

 duplicated. Head 3J ; depth 3|. D. X-1, 24. A. II, 8. Scales 

 4-50-7. L. 4 feet. Cape Cod to Mexico ; an important food-fish, S. 



176. LEIOSTOMUS Lacepede. (Xeios, smooth ; oriJ/ia, mouth.) 



392. L. xanthurus Lacepede. Spot. Goody. LaFayette. 

 Compressed; .profile steep; snout blunt, fins low. Bluish, sides 

 with 15 dark oblique bars ; a round black spot behind shoulder. 

 Head 3^; depths. D. X-1, 32. A. II, 12. Lat. 1. 60. L. 12. 

 Cape Cod to Texas. {^av66s, yellow ; ovpa, tail, but the C. is never 

 yellow.) 



177. MICROPOGON Cuv. & Val. (fuKpos, small; Trmyai', beard.) 



393. M. undulatus (L.). Ceoaker. Body rather elongate, 

 with rather long head and large mouth. Grayish-silvery, back and 

 sides with undulating dark streaks; dorsals with lines of dots. 

 Head 3^, depths^. D. X-1, 27. A. II, 8. Lat. 1. 60. L. 18. 

 N. y. to Texas. 



178. MENTICIRRHTJS Gill. (Lat., mentum, chin ; cirrus, 

 barbel.) 

 a. Gill rakers obsolete; lower pharj-ngeala narrow, their teeth slender; outer 

 teeth of upper jaw enlarged; scales on breast large; maxillary reaching 

 beyond front of eye, more than i head. (Menticirrhus.) 

 b. Outer teeth of upper jaw very strong; lower lobe of C. not black. 



394. M. americanus (L.). Whiting. D. a little lower than 

 in the next species, the spines barely reaching soft rays. Silver- 



