578 COXTEIBUTIOXS TO XOETII AMEEICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
ratlier long, tlieir tips reacbiug beyond ventrals, their length IT in head; 
veutrals 2 in head. Head in length; depth about 4. D. X-I, 25 ; A. 
I, 7; Lat. 1. 05. South’ Atlantic coast of United States. 
( Perea alhuritiis Linn. Syst. Nat. : Umbriim alburnus Giiutlier, ii, 275: Umhrina albur- 
nus Holl). Icb. S. C. 18J0, 137: JJnibrtna phalwna Girard, Mex. Bound. Surv. Iclith. 
1859, 13.) 
910 . M. iinduaBalllS (Grd.) Gill. — Bagara; ^‘Sucker’’. 
Sooty grayish, with bright reflections, the back, all the fins, and under 
side of the head dusky with dark points; undulating lines along sides run- 
ning upward and backward ; back often with very faint dark cross-bars. 
Body elongate, the buck not elevated. Head bluntish. Eye small, 2^ 
in snout, 7 in head, the maxillary scarcely extending to its front. Ante- 
rior teeth of upper jaw strong. First dorsal high, its longest spine 
reaching past front of second dorsal ; anal small, nearly under the 
middle of second dorsal, in head ; pectoral fins reaching past tips 
of ventrals nearly to vent, their length fi in head. Head 4 ; depth 4. 
1). X-I, 2G; A. I, 8; Lat. 1. GO. L. 18 inches. Pacific coast, from Pan- 
ama north to Point Concepcion; abundant. 
(Umbrina undulata Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 148, aud iu U. S. Pac. 
E. E. Surv. Fish. lUl (the type, a very young- speciuieii, examined by us): Vmbrina 
e/oH(/afrt Giiiither, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1854, 148.) 
302 . — LARSMUS Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
(Cuvier & Valencieunes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, 145, 1830: type Larimus breviceps C. &Y.) 
Body oblong, compressed ; snout very short and blunt ; mouth very 
oblique, large, the lower jaw projecting ; teeth small, iu villiform bands ; 
no barbels; preopercle finely serrated; pseudobrauchim present; air- 
bladder simple; vertebra3 as usual; lower pharyngeals distinct, with 
pointed teeth; dorsal fins connected, the first moderate, the second long; 
anal fin very small, placed well back, provided with 2 spines; caudal 
tin convex. (An ancient name of some fish, from kap6~, pleasant, dainty.) 
911. Li. faseoataes Holbrook. 
Silvery gray, clouded above ; sides marked with about 7 nearly ver- 
tical dusky bars, running from the back to below the lateral line. Body 
oblong, compressed, ventral outline nearly straight, dorsal outline consid- 
erably arched ; snout very short, much less than the diameter of the 
large eye; mouth large, very oblique, maxillary nearly reaching pos- 
terior margin of orbit; tip of mandible on level of lower part of pupil; 
