FIG. 292.—Mademoiselle, _Bairdiella chrysura_ (Linnæus). Virginia. ] Numerous silvery species belong to _Larimus_, _Corvula_, _Odontoscion_, and especially to _Bairdiella_, a genus in which the second anal spine is unusually strong. The mademoiselle, _Bairdiella chrysura_ is a pretty fish of our Atlantic coast, excellent as a pan fish. In _Bairdiella ensifera_ of Panama the second anal spine is enormously large, much as in a robalo (_Oxylabrax_). In _Stellifer_ and _Nebris_, the head is soft and spongy. _Stellifer lanceolatus_ is occasionally taken off South Carolina, and numerous other species of this and related genera are found farther South. _Sciænops ocellata_ is the red-drum or channel bass of our South Atlantic coast, a most important food-fish reaching a weight of seventy-five pounds. It is well marked by a black ocellus on the base of the tail. On the coast of Texas, this species, locally called redfish, exceeds in economic value all other species found in that State. _Pseudosciæna aquila_, the maigre of southern Europe, is another large fish, similar in value to the red drum. _Pseudosciæna antarctica_ is the kingfish of Australia. To _Sciæna_ belong many species, largely Asiatic, with the mouth inferior, without barbels, the teeth small, and the convex snout marked with mucous pores. _Sciæna umbra_, the ombre, is the common European species, _Sciæna saturna_, the black roncador of California, is much like it. _Sciæna deliciosa_ is one of the most valued food-fishes of Peru, and _Sciæna argentata_ is valued in Japan. Species of _Sciæna_ are especially numerous on the coasts of India. [Illustration: FIG. 293.—Red Drum, _Sciænops ocellata_ Linnæus. Texas. ] _Roncador stearnsi_, the California roncador, is a large fish with a black ocellus at the base of the pectoral. It has some importance in the Los Angeles market. The goody, spot, or lafayette (_Leiostomus xanthurus_) is a small, finely flavored species abundant from Cape Cod to Texas. Similar to it but inferior is the little roncador (_Genyonemus lineatus_) of California. The common croaker, _Micropogon undulatus_, is very abundant on our Eastern coast, and other species known as verrugatos or white-mouthed drummers replace it farther South.