SCI2ENID2E OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES COAST. 
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BB. Mandibulary barbels present. 
J. A row of minute barbels on each side of lower jaw Micropogon undulatus. 
JJ. A single thick barbel at tip of lower jaw Menticirrhus. 5 6 7 8 
K. Lining of gill cavity dusky ; body marked with irregular pattern of bars and 
blotches. 
L. Third dorsal spine reaching much past origin of soft dorsal; coloration 
usually dark M. saxatilis. 
LL. Largest dorsal spine not reaching soft dorsal; coloration usually light. 
M. americanus. 
KK. Lining of gill cavity pale; body not blotched or barred, longest dorsal spine 
just reaching origin of soft dorsal M. littoralis. 
JJJ. Numerous large barbels along inner edge of each side of lower jaw, the series 
usually reaching back to below middle of eye Pogonias cromis. 
AA. Dorsal spines close together; dorsal rays 36 to 53; body tapers rapidly backward Eques. 
M. Dusky gray with at least traces of about seven lengthwise streaks. 
E. acuminatus. 
MM. Not with seven streaks. 
N. Three brown longitudinal bands along sides, central one reaching from 
eye backward to tips of middle caudal rays E. pulcher. 
NN. Three edged bands, one vertically through eye, one diagonally from 
nape to ventrals, third curving from dorsal to caudal. 
E. lanceolatus. 
Table 2. — Number of dorsal and anal rays in species discussed. 
[D, indicates dorsal rays; A, anal rays.] 
Number 
of rays. 
5. 
6 . 
7. 
8 . 
10 . 
11 . 
12 . 
13. 
20 . 
21 . 
28.... 
29.. .. 
30.. .. 
31.. .. 
32.. .. 
36.. . 
37.. . 
39-46 ' 
53.. . 
7 Umbrina coroides, recorded from Florida, has a single mandibulary barbel like Menticirrhus, but the ventrals are one-half 
longer than the pectorals, instead of being shorter, as in the latter. Menticirrhus has a single anal spine, whereas U mbrina possesses 
two. 
