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Distinguished from the preceding by the scaleless soft dorsal 

 and anal. 



Rare and casual on our coast. An excellent food-fish closely 

 resembling the preceding. It occurs sometimes at Sea Isle City 

 and Cape May. 



Cynoscion nebulosus Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 

 377. — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. XLVII, 

 II, 1898, p. 1409. 



Cynoscion carolinensis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 810. 



Cynoscion maculatus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1867, p. 

 140. 



Genus Bairdiella Gill. 



The Mademoiselles. 



Bairdiella chrysura (Lacep^de). 



Plate 62,. 



Silver Perch. 



Head 24x^ ; depth 2)}i'y D. X, I, 21; A. II, 10; .scales about 

 58 in lateral line to base of caudal with several more on latter; 

 about 6 scales from origin of spinous dorsal obliquely back to 

 lateral line; 12 scales in a vertical series between lateral line and 

 origin of anal ; snout 4 in head, measured from tip of upper 

 jaw; eye y/4', maxillary 2; third dorsal spine 2; third dorsal 

 ray 2^/2 ; second anal spine 2^ ; second anal ray 2; caudal i^i ; 

 pectoral i^; ventral i^; ventral spine 3>4- Body ovate- 

 elongate, profiles similar. Head large, upper profile a trifle con- 

 cave over eye. Snout convex and short. Eye circular, anterior. 

 Mouth large, mandible apparently projecting. Maxillary long, 

 nearly to posterior border of pupil. Head scaly, and scales on 

 side large. Scales on costal region also large. Small scales 

 crowded on bases of rayed dorsal, anal and caudal. Spinous dor- 

 sal inserted a little behind origin of pectoral and graduated from 

 subequal third and fourth spines which are longest. Rayed dor- 

 sal begins before anal or its origin falling a trifle nearer base of 

 caudal than posterior margin of pupil, and fin of more or less 



