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die, armed with strong teeth through the whole extent of 

 their inferior edges ; a second row of teeth on the interior 

 margin of the upper jaw, and a single row on the lower jaw. 

 Anterior teeth inflected. Eyes anterior to the angle of the 

 mouth. Tongue armed with two rows of strong teeth. 



Body sub-cylindric, fusiform, compressed a little on the 

 sides. 



Dorsal fin over the middle of the body, and anterior to the 

 ventral s. 



Adipose fin small, falciform. 



Caudal fin rather broad, bi-lobed, lobes equaL 



Anal fin reaches with its tip the base of the caudal. 



Ventral fin situate behind the dorsal emd attains to the vent. 



Pectoral fin falciform, acute, and does not extend as far 

 back as the dorsal. 



Color clouded with brown and white ; darker on the back, 

 lighter on the sides, and white on the throat and belly. All 

 the fins reticulated with brown. 



Length. Thirtyfour and a half inches is the length of a 

 specimen before me. 



Habitat. Lake Erie and the Upper Lakes. 



B. 13 ; D. 13 ; C. 19 ; A. 12 ; V. 9 ; P. 14 rays. 



Observations. This fish inhabits the deepest waters of 

 Lake Erie, but does not often approach the shores. One was 

 however taken at the end of the pier by a boy fishing for 

 pike, two years since. It is caught in considerable numbers 

 during the winter, near Buffalo, by letting down hues through 

 holes in the ice. In some of the upper Lakes it is abundant. 



Art. III. OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS SCALOPS, (SHREW 

 MOLES,) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES FOUND 

 IN NORTH AMERICA. By J. Bachman, D. D., Charleston, S. C. 



Although this genus has, until very recently, been com- 

 posed of only a single acknowledged species, {Scalops Caiia- 

 densis of Desm.) its systematic derangement has given great 

 perplexity to naturalists. Linna-us placed it among the 



