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Geographical Distribution. As yet this fish has been observed only on the 

 coast of South Carolina, and is even there but seldom seen. 



General Hemarks. This animal was first described by Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, and from specimens procured in South Carolina ; it is closely allied with 

 the Hcemiilon formosiim, but its facial outline is more incurved, and there are no 

 ultramarine lines on the occipital bones. 



GENUS OTOLITHUS.— Cwwer. 



Characters. Upper jaw armed with canine teeth ; lower jaw without barbels, 

 or x^ores, or with pores exceedingly minute ; dorsal fins two, separated ; anal 

 spines feeble ; air-bladder with a slender cornu projecting forwards on each side 

 of its anterior part. 



Remarks. This genus was established by Cuvier, and is well characterized by 

 its canine teeth, which distinguish it from Sciaina, on the one hand, and from 

 Corvina and Leiostomus, on the other. It includes many species, inhabitants of 

 the Indian Ocean, as well as of the Atlantic shores of America ; and it is remark- 

 able that those of the Old World have canine teeth in both jaws, while those of 

 America have them only in the upper. 



OTOLITHUS REGALIS. — Schneider. 



Plate XVIII. Fig. 1. 



Specific Characters. Body above pale brown, with a strong greenish tint, 

 and marked with irregular dusky blotches ; belly silvery ; ventral and anal fins 

 yellowish ; upper jaw with a double series of small, conical, sharp-pointed teeth, 



