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Ventral inserted a little nearer origin of spinous dorsal than that 

 ■of pectoral, and reaching a little over half way to anal. Color 

 olivaceous above. Sides silvery. Dorsals and caudal grayish. 

 Base of pectoral slaty-black. Length 4^ inches. Cape May. 



Color of the above when fresh, with back and upper surface of 

 head beautiful deep gray slightly tinged w4th olivaceous. Side 

 and lower surface pure silver-white, color of back quickly merg- 

 ing into former above where it is pale gray. In certain lights 

 body shows beautiful purplish and ochraceous reflections. On 

 iDack also 3 distinct longitudinal dark streaks, i along each course 

 or series of scales. Iris white, tinted with dull ochraceous. Upper 

 posterior margin of opercle brassy. Dorsals, caudal and pectoral 

 grayish. Base of pectoral slaty. Other fins white. 



Small ones are frequently washed on the beach after storms. 



White Mullet. Mugil ciirema Valenciennes. 



I have examples from Beach Haven, Beesley's Point and Stone 

 Harbor. In life some examples have the back greenish tinted. 



Mugil curema Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 145. 

 —Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 360.— Fowler, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 744. 



Mugil albula Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 339. 

 —Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 815. 



Family SPHYR^NID^. 



The Barracudas. 



Body elongate, subterete. Head long, pointed, pike-like. Jaws 

 elongate, lower considerably projecting. Upper jaw nonpro- 



