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Shaw. The oldest name available for the northern form will therefore 

 be Prionotus strigatus Cuv. & Val. 



107. Cephalacantlius volitaiis (Liun.) J. & G. — '' Fhj'mg Fish." 

 But few speciniens seen. 



108. Batrachus tau Linn. 

 Very common. 



109. Porichthys plectrodon J. »& G. 



Eare in Charleston Harbor ; a single specimen obtained. 



110. Chasmodes bosquianus (La C6pcde) J. «fc G. 

 Common in muddy tide pools in the harbor. 



111. Isestheri scrutator J. & G. 

 Two specimens obtained. 



112. Isesthes punctatus (Wood) J. & G. 



Bleimiits hentz Le Sueui-, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 363. 



A single specimen obtained, 4 inches in length. 



Color in spirits: Olivaceous, back and sides of head and body every- 

 where covered with brown spots, very irregular in size and shape ; on 

 posterior part of body the spots are larger, and show a tendency to form 

 vertical bars ; cheeks dark ; lower side of head with traces of three cross- 

 bars ; spinous dorsal with an elliptical black spot on membrane of first 

 three spines; soft dorsal and caudal obscurely barred; anal, ventrals, 

 and lower rays of pectorals dusky ; pectorals olivaceous, spotted with 

 brown. 



Head 3| ; depth 3. D. XII, 15 ; A. 18. Pectoral l^in head; ventral 

 14^; gill slit 2^; eye4i; maxillary 2g. Orbital tentacle very slender, 

 once forked, 3 in head. 



Tip of each dorsal spine with a filiform, articulated, ray-like append- 

 age. 



113. Phycis earlli, Beau.—" Tom-cod." 



Two specimens seen in the Charleston Museum. Said by the fisher- 

 men to be not uncommon in the harbor during the winter. 



Head 4 in length ; depth 5J. Eye 5J in head ; maxillary 2. Gill- 

 rakers 2+9. D. 10-59 ; A. 40. 



114. Paralichthys ommatus Jor. & Gilb. — "Xvtv York Flounder." 

 Abundant in Charleston Harbor, where many specimens were ob- 

 tained. 



The ground color is usually light olivaceous, rather than olive brown; 

 the ocellated spots are frequently- furnished with a bright white center; 

 and tlie sides and vertical fins have often a few scattered white spots. 

 A small, indistinct, dark spot on middle of each 8th or 10th ray of dorsal 

 and anal. 



