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straight to occiput. Eye a little longer than deep, well anterior. 

 Mouth large, mandible protruding. Maxillary not quite reaching 

 posterior margin of orbit, and its distal expansion i^ in length 

 of same. Teeth sharp, in narrow bands, and canines large. Lips 

 a little fleshy. Interorbital space broadly convex. Margin of 

 preopercle thin and with fleshy or cutaneous points. Gill-rakers 

 6+19, compressed, pointed and longest 1^/7 in orbit. Scales 

 disposed in oblique series above lateral line to dorsal profile, 

 below more or less horizontal. Small -scales crowded along bases 

 of rayed dorsal, anal and caudal, and predorsal region. Lateral 

 line a little high at first, of simple tubes. Spinous dorsal inserted 

 a little nearer tip of mandible than origin of anal, and graduated 

 down from third spine. Rayed dorsal inserted midway between 



Weak Fish. Cynoscion regalis (Schneider). 



middle of orbit and base of caudal, anteriorly elevated. Anal 

 inserted about midway between tip of pectoral and base of caudal, 

 anteriorly elevated. Caudal rounded posteriorly. Pectoral short, 

 a little less than half way to anal. Ventral inserted a trifle before 

 origin of spinous dorsal, not reaching vent, which is close in front 

 of anal. Silvery, darker on back and blotched with darker, some 

 forming undulating lines downward and forward. Dorsals and 

 caudal dusky, ventrals, anals and lower edge of caudal yellowish. 

 Length loys inches. Atlantic City. 



Color in life dull brownish above with more or less silvery 

 reflections, burnished especially on back with beautiful shades of 

 pale or light purple, lavender, greenish, bluish, coppery and 

 brassy with more or less metallic luster. Markings on back ex- 



