380 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

 Genus CEXTEOPEISTIS Ciivier. 



71. Centropristis atrarius (L.) Bum. — BJack-fsli. 

 Coumion, the young abounding- about the wharves. 



PERCID^. 



Genus EOCCUS Mitchill. 



72. Roccus lineatus (Mitch.) Gill.— i?ocA-. 



jSTot seen in Beaufort Harbor, but abundant in all river-mouths, as 

 in Is^ew and Keuse Elvers. Dr. Yarrow states that the "young are 

 abundant" in the harbor. As the striped female of Hydrargyra majalis 

 is called by all Beaufort fishermen " Eock," and as it is there usually 

 supposed to be the young of the Striped Bass, Dr. Yarrow's statement 

 may i^erhaps be an error. 



Genus MOEOls^E Mitchill. 



73. Morone americana (Grnel.) Gill. — White Perch. 



Kot found about Beaufort, but said by Dr. Yarrow to abound in the 

 !New and Xeuse Eivers. 



EPHIPPID.E. 



Genus PAEEPHIPPUS GiU. 



74. Parephippus faber (Cuv.) Gill. — Porgee; Fogy. 

 Common; used as a food-fish. 



POMATOMID^. 



Genus POMATOMUS Lac. 



75. Pomatomus saltatrix (L.) Gill. — Dluc-fish. 



Extremely common. The taking of this fish is the favorite amuse- 

 ment of the higher grades of summer boarders in this delightful port. 



ECHENEIDID.E. 

 Genus ECHEXEIS Linnfeus. 



{Leptecheneis Gill.) 



In 1862 (Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. 239), Prof GiU divided the 

 Linn?ean genus JEchencis into two genera, Ediemis (the slender species: 

 type E. naucrates L.) and Eemora (the stout-bodied species: type E. 

 remora). Subsequently (op. cit. 18G3, 88), Eemoropsls (which has not 

 been sufficiently distinguished from Eemora) and ElwmhocMrns were 

 added. StiU later (op. cit. 18G4, GO), Prof Gill found, "on examining 

 the works of Linnoeus and Artedi, that E. remora was the only species 

 referred to that genus by Linnteus in the early editions of the Systema 



