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Sub-class Teleostei. Sci^xoid^. 



tinguished from the Cataphracti tribe by the suborbital bones not 

 extending across the cheek. 



Mouth little protractile. Barbels sometimes under the lower 

 jaw, near the mouth. Maxillary teeth various. 



Vomer and palatines toothless, which distinguishes them from 

 Percoids. The operculars have spines or serratures. The pre- 

 opercule is occasionally smooth. Fins — Either one or two dorsals, 

 having the general modifications as the Percoids. 



Air-bladder peculiar by the horn-like process it exhibits. 



SUBFAMLY SCLENIN^, BOTia. GeNUS OtOLITHUS, GuV. 



Gen. Chab. The boues of the anal fia are weak and there are no barbels ; some 

 of the teeth terminate in elongated hooks, or are of the canine form. Their natatory 

 bladder has a horn on each side, projecting forwards. (Storer.) Two small pores on 

 the lower jaw are entirely wanting. Two dorsal fins. Body elongated. — DeKay. 



Otolithus regalis, Cuv. 

 Weak fish, Squeteaguc, Squetee, Checouts. 

 Prof. Gill has transferred this species to a different genus, " Cyno- 

 scion," and terms it Gynoscion regalis, but I have not seen his 

 generic characters of it. 



It is a fish of very delicate structure, and makes such feeble re- 

 sistance to the hook that it breaks from it very easily. 



Characteristics. It is of a bluish color above, veined with dusky. 

 Ventrals and anal, orange. Ventrals with fine branched rays. 

 Length one to two feet. — D. K. 

 Ray formula — 



D. 8, 1, 28 ; P. Ig ; V. 1, 5 ; A. 13 ; C. 17. 



Synonymes. — Labrus squeteague, Mitch. 

 ScicEna regalis. Rich. 



Family CoRYPHiENOiDiE, Lowe. Sub-family PEPRiLiNiE, Gill. 



Genus Proronotus, Gill. 



Poronotus triacanthus, Gill. 



Harvest fish. 



This is the Rhombus triacanthus described by Storer and DeKay 



as belonging to the Scombridas or mackerel family, but removed 



by Prof. Gill into the above-named family and genus. As we have 



not their descriptive characters at hand, we will give those under 



