. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 361 behind; pectorals in. male .4 to .5 length of body, in female .33. Color: Male—above light greenish brown, with 4 dark blotches on back; sides spotted with reddish brown; opercle reddish brown, branchiostegal membrane black; dorsal fins greenish brown, a black spot on membrane between fourth and fifth spines, both fins with translucent streaks; anal dark, the base and edge white; caudal reddish, with narrow white longitudinal streaks; pectorals dark brown, with irregular light brown and green markings; free rays of pe
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 361 behind; pectorals in. male .4 to .5 length of body, in female .33. Color: Male—above light greenish brown, with 4 dark blotches on back; sides spotted with reddish brown; opercle reddish brown, branchiostegal membrane black; dorsal fins greenish brown, a black spot on membrane between fourth and fifth spines, both fins with translucent streaks; anal dark, the base and edge white; caudal reddish, with narrow white longitudinal streaks; pectorals dark brown, with irregular light brown and green markings; free rays of pectorals and ventrals orange-tinged. Female—above dark green, back and sides thickly spotted with bronze; branchiostegal membranes pink; spinous dorsal dusky with light streaks, a black ocellated spot between fourth and fifth spines, a similar spot on upper part of first spine and membrane; second dorsal and caudal spotted with black; anal black; ventrals pale, (scitulus, slender.) This small species, although reported as tolerably abundant at Beaufort by Yarrow, was represented by only 2 specimens in the collections of Jordan and Jenkins. Recently it has been found in great abundance in the Beaufort region in summer. Upwards of a dozen fish examined by Professor Linton in August (1901 and 1902) contained fish, crustaceans, and bivalve and univalve mollusks. The species attains a length of only 6 inches, and is the smallest of the local sea- robins. Jordan & Gilbert record the local vernacular name of " slim flying-toad" in allusion to its very slender form. 312. PRIONOTUS OAROLINUS (LinnsBus). "Flying-fish"; "Flying-toad"; Sea-robin. Trigla Carolina Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum, ii, 528, 1771; Carolina. PHonotus carolinus, Yarrow, 1877, 207; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1898, 2153, pi. cccxviii, fig. 768; Maine to South Fig. 164. Carolina Sea-robin. Prionotus carolinus. Diagnosis.—Form slender, but much less so than in Prio
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