THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. i8i. 



sal; first branched dorsal ray i^^ in head; first branched anal 

 ray i%; caudal 1%; least depth of caudal peduncle iji; pec- 

 toral I ^ ; ventral i J4 ; snout 4^ in head measured from tip of 

 upper jaw; eye 4% ; maxillary 3J4 ; interorbital space 4. Body 

 robust, rather thick or but little compressed. Caudal peduncle 

 very deep, compressed, and its length about four-fifths its least 

 depth. Head rather bluntly conic. Muzzle rather broad, snout 

 short and convex. Eye circular and about first third in head. 

 Mouth broad, rather short and little inclined. Mandible pro- 

 truding a little beyond tip of upper jaw. Maxillary oblique, about 

 reaching front margin of pupil and its greatest expansion about 

 equal to diameter of same. Teeth small in jaws. Nostrils well 

 separated, anterior midway in snout, and posterior higher, close 

 to eye. Interorbital space broad, only slightly elevated, and flat- 

 tened. Gill-rakers 5 -|- 10, short and thick. Scales large, smaller 

 on base of caudal. Dorsal inserted nearer origin of pectoral than 

 base of caudal. Anal inserted midway between tip of pectoral 

 and base of caudal, when depressed its tip reaching latter. Caudal 

 broad and rounded. Pectoral broad and rounded, about three- 

 fifths of space to ventral. Ventral inserted just before origin 

 of dorsal, and depressed reaches base of third anal ray. Dark 

 olive-brown. About a dozen narrow dark longitudinal bands, 

 widest and most distinct on upper surface of body. A dark bar 

 from snout and continued back from eye on side of head above. 

 A dark vertical bar at base of caudal. Length 2,H inches. Batsto 

 River. 



Color in life deep olivaceous-dusky, back very dark. Belly and 

 under surface of body opaque white. Lower side dull olivaceous. 

 In lateral line a pale or light spot on each scale. An indistinct 

 dusky diffuse longitudinal band from tip of snout to base of 

 caudal. Indistinct narrow longitudinal lines about parallel on 

 side of back, most distinct anteriorly, and in color of pale ohva- 

 ceous. Traces of similar ones on lower side, and with a number 

 of <;^-shaped markings similar to those in lateral line scattered 

 about longitudinally though unevenly. Dorsal and caudal deep 

 olive-dusky. Anal paler. Ventral and pectoral dull olivaceous 

 tinted with dull saffron. A pale streak from eye to gill-opening 



