THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 317 



The above account from an example secured by Mr. Philip 

 Laurent, of Philadelphia. It is the only one from New Jersey I 

 liave seen. 



Lilt i amis griseus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com,., VII, 1887, p. 143, 

 from Baird. 



Lobo.tes emarginatus Baird and Girard, in Baird, 9th An. Rep. 

 vSmiths. Inst., 1854, p. 332. 



Neomcenis emarginatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 810. 



Lutianus blackfordii (Goode and Bean). 



PivATE 54- 



Red Snapper. 



Distinguished from the preceding by the angulated anal with 

 its median rays produced, longest in adult, at least half of head. 



Known from Dr. Smith's account, and said to be casual, how- 

 ever, in the pound-nets. 



Lutjanus blackfordii Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, 

 P- 375- 



Family H^MULID^. 



The Grunters. 



Body oblong or more or less elevated. Head large, crests of 

 skull usually largely developed. Mouth large or small, usually 

 terminal, low and horizontal. Premaxillaries protractile, their 

 spines not greatly produced backwards. Maxillary without sup- 

 plemental bone, for most of its length slipping under edge of pre- 

 orbital, which forms a more or less distinct sheath. Preorbital 

 usually broad. No -barbels. Teeth all pointed, none forming 

 marked canines. No teeth on vomer, palatines and tongue. Pre- 

 opercle serrate or entire. Opercle without spines. Gill-mem- 

 branes separate, free from isthmus. Gills 4, a slit behind fourth. 

 Gill-rakers moderate. Pseudobranchise large. Lower pharyn- 

 geals .separate, with pointed teeth. Branchiostegals usually 6 or 

 7. Air-vessel present, usually simple. Stomach coecal. Pyloric 



