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2j4 ; pharyngeal teeth 5-5. Body subelHptical, strongly com- 

 pressed, and lower profile well convex. Head short, subconic, 

 and lower profile more inclined. Snout short, broadly convex. 

 Eye large. Mouth oblique, small, upper lip level with upper part 

 of pupil. Maxillary not reaching eye. Interorbital space broadly 

 convex, Gill-rakers 5 + 16, slender, and longest nearly equals 

 diameter of pupil. Lateral line strongly decurved. Dorsal in- 

 serted nearer base of caudal than posterior margin of eye. Cau- 

 dal deeply forked. Anal begins just behind base of dorsal, and 

 anterior rays elevated. Pectoral reaching 2/3 of space to ventral. 

 Ventral inserted well before dorsal or about midway between 



Roach. Brama crysolcucas (Mitchill). (Young.) 



origins of pectoral and anal, and reaching about ^ of space of 

 latter. Clear greenish on back, sides and lower parts silvery with 

 golden tints on former. Fins yellow, dorsal and caudal tinted a 

 little pale dusky. Length 7 inches. Morris County. 



In life the adult is olivaceous-brown with metallic blue or bottle- 

 green reflections, this color not extending below middle or orbit 

 on side where there is a beautiful coppery longitudinal streak 

 from eye till along upper side of caudal peduncle posteriorly. 

 Jaws brownish. Lower surface white with silvery and brassy 

 reflections, all however with a slight yellowish sheen in certain 

 lights. Dorsal and caudal dull brownish-olivaceous, basally with 



