THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY 



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12 in head; second erect dorsal spine 2]/^ ; first dorsal i%; third 

 anal spine 4/^; first anal ray i^/io ; upper caudal lobe 1-^/1:3: 

 central 2; snout 4; eye 3^6,: maxillary 25^; interorbital space 

 34/5. Body rather oblong, deep, and greatest depth at origins of 

 rayed dorsal and anal. Head deep, compressed and upper profile 

 rather abruptly convex or strongly arched. Snout short, steep, 

 ■compressed. Eye anterior, a little high, and with very broad 

 adipose eyelids. ]\Iouth large, low, oblique and mandible pro- 

 truding. ]\Iaxillary reaching posterior margin of pupil, its distal 

 expansion i^ in orbit. Teeth in upper jaw in broad villiform 

 band with an outer series of large wide-set conical ones. ^lan- 

 dibular teeth large, uniserial, and a distinct canine on each side 

 of symphysis. Villiform teeth on A'omer, palatines and tongue. 

 Xostrils together, near front of eye medianly. Interorbital space 

 Avith a median keel extending back of occiput, convex. Gill- 

 rakers 2 -^ 14. slender, ij4 in orbit. Arch of lateral line not 

 greatly arched, a little greater than straight part. Dorsal spines 

 graduated down from second erect one, which is longest, and 

 origin of fin well behind that of pectoral. Rayed dorsal about 

 midway between posterior margin of pupil and base of caudal, 

 and anterior rays elevated to form a lobe. Anal similar, a little 

 behind that of rayed dorsal. Caudal forked, lobes pointed, upper 

 a little longer. Pectoral long and falcate, reaching beyond origin 

 of anal. \'entral inserted opposite origin of pectoral, half way 

 to origin of rayed anal. Color brownish above, sides and lower 

 surface silvered. A blackish blotch about size of pupil on opercle. 

 Length 7^ inches. Beesley's Point. 



A well-known food-fish reachinof a orood size and several times 

 taken on our coast. It may identified from our other species 

 chiefly by its naked breast, canines, steep convex upper profile, and 

 color. 



C ar an giis hippos Xhhoii, Geol. X. J.. 1868. p. 813. 



Paratractiis hippos Abbott. 1. c. 



Caranx hippos Bean. Bull. U. S. F. Com.. \'II. 1887, p. 139. — 

 :\Ioore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII. 1892, p. 361. 



Caranx chrysos Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smith's Inst., 1854, p. 336. 



