334 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 

 Genus Leiostomus Lecepede. 



The Goodies. 



Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede. 



Plate 65. 



Spot. Cape May Goody. Goody. Porgy. 



Head 3>^ ; depth 2*/?; D. X-I, 31, i; A. II, 12, i; scales 50 

 in lateral line to base of caudal, and 4 more in latter; 12 scales 

 between origin of spinous dorsal and lateral line; 14 scales in a 

 vertical series between origin of spinous anal and lateral line; 

 snout sYe in head; eye 4; maxillary 2j^ ; interorbital space 3^5 ; 

 fourth dorsal spine i^ ; third dorsal ray 2% ; second anal spine 

 4^ ; second anal ray 2 ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 5^ ; upper 

 caudal lobe i ; pectoral lYe ; ventral 1^/7. Body short, deep, much 

 compressed, ovate-elliptical, and predorsal region trenchant. 

 Back elevated. Head obtuse, profile above steep, convex and 

 depressed a little over eye. Snout short, obtuse, projecting be- 

 yond upper jaw. Eye circular, high and anterior. Mouth 

 small, horizontal, inferior. Maxillary extending to middle of 

 orbit. Lips a little fleshy. A band Oif feeble teeth in upper jaw, 

 lower obsolete or absent. Nostrils separated, in front of eye. 

 Interorbital space a little convex. Preopercle entire. Gill-rakers 

 10 -|- 23, lanceolate, short, longest about ^ of pupil. Scales 

 small on predorsal region, bases o^f rayed dorsal, anal and caudal. 

 Body scales disposed in oblique series not parallel with curve of 

 lateral line. Tubes of lateral line a little branched. Origin of 

 spinous dorsal just behind that of pectoral, and anterior spines 

 highest. Origin of rayed dorsal about midway between posterior 

 nostril and base of caudal, and a little higher anteriorly. Origin 

 of anal a little nearer base oi caudal than origin of pectoral,, 

 second spine about ^/^ length of first ray, which is longest. 

 Caudal slightly emarginate, and upper lobe produced a little be- 

 yond lower. Pectoral f/z in space to anal. Ventral inserted a 

 little behind origin of pectoral, and reaching i^ in space to anal. 

 Color dull bluish on back, below silvery. On back 16 narrow 



