300 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



of spinous dorsal to lateral line; 6 scales in a vertical series 

 between origin of anal and lateral line; snout 3^^ in head; eye 

 35^; maxillary 3}^; fourth dorsal spine i^; third dorsal ray 

 i>^; fifth dorsal ray 2}i ; caudal i>^ ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3 ; pectoral i}i ', ventral i J^. Body a little compressed, 

 rather slender and with a long caudal peduncle. Head a little 

 elongate, and upper profile a little convex anteriorly. Cheeks a 

 little swollen. Snout conic. Eye a little longer than deep, well 

 anterior. Upper jaw a little protruding. Teeth fine. Maxillary 

 reaching a little beyond anterior margin of orbit. Teeth minute. 

 Lips rather fleshy. Nostrils well separated, in front of eye. 

 Interorbital space narrow and level. Opercular spine strong. 

 Opercular flap lobate. Gill-rakers + 4 iii, short tubercles. 

 Scales large, finely ctenoid, and of more or less uniform size. 

 Scales in 5 rows on cheek. Lateral line of simple tubes, contin- 

 uous, and sloping down a little till median on side. Spinous 

 dorsal inserted about first fourth in length of pectoral, rounded, 

 and median rays highest. Rayed dorsal inserted a little nearer 

 base of caudal than posterior margin of orbit and highest ante- 

 riorly. Anal inserted a little posterior to origin of rayed dorsal 

 and reaching about four-sevenths of space to base of caudal. 

 Caudal rounded, rather long. Pectoral long, reaching beyond 

 ventral or about three-fourths of space to anal. Ventral inserted 

 behind origin of pectoral, and reaching three-fifths of space to 

 anal. Color pale straw-brown, finely mottled with various shades 

 of deeper brown above. Sides blotched with deep brown, some 

 zig-zag. Fins finely barred, ventrals and anal pale. A dusky streak, 

 on side of snout from its tip to eye and another down over cheek. 

 Length 2^/^q inches. Crosswicks Creek near Trenton. 



An adult male 29/3 inches long was dull brown above in life, 

 lower surface pale brownish, becoming white or whitish on ven- 

 tral or under surface medianly. Upper surface variegated with 

 beautiful wavy markings made up O'f spots, and darker edges of 

 each scale. These vary from deep brown to pale olivaceous. On 

 back medianly these are seen to take the form of about seven 

 dusky saddles, first one on occiput, second on nape, third at origin 

 of spinous dorsal, fourth at last rays of same, fifth at middle of 



