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uniform height from third ray. Anal begins nearly midway 

 between base of caudal and origin of pectoral, second spine 

 elongate. Rayed anal highest anteriorly, so that last ray is less 

 than half height of first. Posterior margin of caudal well 

 rounded convexly. Pectoral short, about ^ of space to anal. 

 Ventral inserted a trifle behind pectoral and before spinous dorsal. 

 A trifle over i inch long. Beesley's Point. (From Bean.) 



I have no examples. It is said to be abundant at Beesley's 

 Point. According to Baird the young have no markings of any 

 kind, the sides being of a uniform yellowish-w-hite. It reaches 

 but a small size and therefore has no great economic value. It 

 is a fine pan -fish of good flavor. 



Bairdiella chrysura Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, P- 

 141, PI. I, fig. 9.— Moore, Buh. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, 

 p. 362. 



Corvina argyroleuca Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, 



P- 331- 



Bairdiella punctata Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 810. 



Genus Sci^nops Gill. 



The Red Drums. 



Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus). 



Plate 64. 



Red Fish. Red. Drum. Channel Bass. 



It differs from the preceding in the short thick gill-rakers, 

 usually not longer than posterior nostril. 



A very common fish on our southern coast, especially about 

 Cape May and in Delaware Bay. As a food-fish it is important, 

 reaching a length of 5" feet and a weight of 75 pounds. 



Scicsnops ocellatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 810. — Bean. 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., IX, 1897, p. 367. 



Scicena ocellata Smith, Bull. U, S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 377. 



