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CO pounds. Its flesh is not of high quality, and is often tough and ill- 

 tlavored, especially in the lakes. 



ii* iinninii us Raf. Jouru. dc Phys. 1819, 83 : Cortina o*cula Giinther, ii, 297 : 

 Sci<rnagri*i I.. Sin ur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1822, 2.~> J : Amlilodmt c<i<'in>uix and 

 thit'ittit* Aga.-.>i/, Am. Journ. Sci. Arts, 1855, 307 : ? Corvina richardvoni* Cuv. & Val. v, 

 100: Ambludon m-ijlwius Grd. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichtb. 1859, 12.) 



295. POGON1AS Lacc-pede. 



Drums. 



(Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 138, 1802: type Pogonias fasciatus Lac. = laforus 

 crornis L.) 



Body short and deep, the dorsal outline much elevated, the ventral 

 nearly straight. Mouth moderate, the upper jaw longest; teeth small, 

 in villiform bands, the outer not enlarged; lower pharyngeal bones 

 large, fully united, armed with strong paved teeth; lower jaw with 

 numerous barbels, each about half as long as the eye; preoperculuin 

 entire, >vith a membranaceous edge. Dorsal fins slightly connected, the 

 spines high and strong; caudal fin subtruncatc; first anal spine short, 

 the second exceedingly large, nearly as long as the soft rays; pectorals 

 and ventrals long; gill-rakers short and bluntish. Pseudobranchiffi 

 large. Marine species reaching a very large size; among the largest 

 of the Sci*uida3. (xwfwviaq, bearded.) 



94. P. chrnmis (Linn.) C. & V. Drum. 



Grayish silvery, with 4 or 5 broad dark vertical bars, which 

 disappear with age; fins dusky. Body oblong, much compressed; 



* If correei 1 v ill scribed, this species is the type of a distinct genus which has been 

 provisionally teimed /,'///<7i, I i Hi us. ll is probable, however. that tin- type was a 

 deformed individual of //. grunnivns. 



The following are the alleged characters, generic and specific: 



EUTYCHELITHUS Jordan. 



(Jordan, Man. Vert. E. U. S. ed. 1, 242, 1876: type Corvina ricli,tr,lx,mi ( '. \ V.) 



Iil)ri> tVniu HaploidonotlU in the much deeper body, strep profile, ihc nearly equal 

 jaws, tlie .single rat her short anal spine, and in the smaller si/e of most of the tins. 

 (/ITI I//', Iii! U\ ; /(''..., >tone; in allusion to the large ear-bones of Sei.-enoid lishes. Tlie 

 ear-bones of llii/iluiilonoliiN are quite large and are marked with a rude impress of the 

 letter 1., and are henee Known to \ViseonMn ho\sas "lucky-stonea.") 



/'. rii/m/'r/Mi/M (V. A V.) JacHeMfMaleahagtmay. 



Grayish oli\', with darker bands across the back; body ;uueh elevated, highest in 



lion) of dorsal Illi : profile \ el y abruptly deem \ cd. 1'reiqien le finely serrate. l',\. 



halt length of snout. J'eelorals pointed, eoiisiderabl\ -longer than \entrals. Head 



n total length, including caudal fin; depth -'. 1). IX,'J'J; A. 1,7: Lat. 1.54. 

 (C. & V.) Lake Huron. 



(Ciirriim i-ii-linnlxoiiii Cuv. A Val. v, 100: Corrina rirhanlKonii Kichardson, Fauna 

 Bor.-Amer. 1830, 04: Corcina rivhardaonii (.iiuther, ii, 298.) 



