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Esox reticulatus, p. 18. 



Corps comprime, sans ligne laterale, reticule de noir bleuatre sur 

 im foncl argente, bouche grande noire, a dents crochues inegales; 

 nageoires blanchatres, les dorsale et anale a 16 rayons, queue fourchue. 



This seems to be the common European pike, Esox lucius L. 

 The name invalidates the later name of Esox reticulatus, given in 

 1818 by Le Sueur to the Grass Pike or Green Pickerel of Eastern 

 States of America. For this, the name Esox tredecemlineatus given 

 by Professor Mitchill in 1852, to his "Federation Pike" from Oneida 

 Lake, should apparently stand. Mitchill was impressed with the 

 patriotic agreement of this fish, having 13 dorsal rays, 13 anal rays 

 and 13 branchiostegals, with the thirteen American States. 



Esox phaleratus Say, 1818, from East Florida, was never described. 

 The few words quoted from Say by Le Sueur, apply better to the 

 little banded pickerel, Esox americanus Gmelin. "Body dusky 

 with a vertical fulvous vitta and three or four fulvous fasciae." 



Balistes fuscatus, p. 19. 



Brownish, with 3 large black spots. Dorsal spines 3, the first 

 very rough. Pectorals with 15 rays, the first very rough. Between 

 the Azores and the United States. This seems to be Balistes forci- 

 patus Gmelin. 

 Chironectes variegatus, p. 19. 



Compressed; gray olive above with large spots and streaks of 

 black and small white spots; two appendages above eyes. Between 

 the Azores and the United States. This is apparently Histrio 

 tumidus (Osbeck). Chironectes variegatus of Cuv. & Val. is a different 

 species. 



The three following are from streams flowing into Chesapeake Bay: 



Centropomus albus, p. 19. D. VIII, 16. A. 12. 



Tail half forked; upper jaw the longer. This seems to be Morone 

 americana Gmelin, but the number of dorsal rays should be IX-1, 12. 

 Centropomus luteus, p. 19. 



Yellow with brown bands; lower fins red; jaws almost equal; tail 

 almost entire; second dorsal unspotted. This is Perca fiavescens 

 (Mitchill) of the same date, 1814. 



Sparus mocasinus, p- 19. 



Bluish, rosy on the flanks; 2 spots on opercle, one black, one red; 

 tail lunulate. D. X. 14. A. Ill, 14. This is Eupomotis gibbosus 

 (L), but the number of fin-rays agrees with those of no sun-fish. 



