FOURTEEN TELEOSTEAN FISHES AT BEAUFORT, N. C. 
405 
Specimens 17.0 millimeters long . — -The develoment of the spinous dorsal has 
progressed rather rapidly. About 10 spines are fairly well developed, and the rudi- 
ments of a few more are visible anteriorly. This fin is now definitely joined to the 
soft dorsal. Pigmentation has become rather general. The dark lateral band, just 
Figure 34 . — Orthopristis chrysopterus. Young fish, 13.5 millimeters long 
forming at a length of 15.0 millimeters, has become prominent, and it constitutes a 
ready recognition mark. The body is almost completely scaled, although not so 
shown in the accompanying drawing. (Fig. 35.) 
• Specimens 25.0 millimeters long.— The body has become deeper and more com- 
pressed although still relatively more slender than in the . adult, its depth being 
contained in the length about 3.0 times, whereas in the adult the depth usually goes 
into the length to the base of the caudal fin only about 2.4 times. The shape and 
position of the mouth are essentially as in the adult. All the dorsal spines are devel- 
oped, and the general outline of the fin is approaching that of the adult. Pigmenta- 
tion is general. The dark lateral band mentioned in the description of the 17.0 
millimeter specimens is prominent and a second one, extending from the nape to the 
base of the second dorsal, is present. The body is fully scaled, as in the adult, and 
the ctenoid character of the scales is evident. (Fig. 36.) 
