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eye beginiiiiig in front of the upper; moutk rather small, maxillary 

 Tcacliing to below middle of orbit; teeth comparatively small, about 14 

 on each side in the lower jaw, the canines of upper jaw little developed; 

 dorsal tin beginning in front of pupil; its anterior rays -long, filiform, 

 iind with free tips; anal fin beginning well forwards, but little behind 

 the insertion of the ventrals ; ventral fin of colored side much the longer ; 

 gill-openings comparatively naiTow ; branchiostegal membranes broadly 

 connected at base; gill-rakers short audstroug, few in number, less than 

 10 below the angle of the arch; head 3f in length to base of caudal; 

 depth If. D. 70. A. 55. Lat. 1. about 90. 



Two specimens were obtained in Beaufort Harbor, from one of whicli 

 the above description was taken. This is i)robably the species noticed 

 by Dr. Yarrow as Chccnopsetta oblonga. It is a rare and little known 

 i>;pecies, noticed but once before on our Atlantic coast. Professor GiU's 

 original tyi^e came from Pensacola, Fla. 



Genus LOPHOPSETTA Gill. 



,18. Lophopsetta maculata (Mitch.) Gill. — Plaice. 

 Common on the sand bars. 



GADID^E. 



Genus PHYCIS Bloch & Schneider. 



19. Phycis regius (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. 



( Uroplnjcis regius Gill, 1. c.) 



One specimen taken by Dr. Cones. Another Gadoid was described 

 to us as being sometimes taken. 



OPHIDIID^. 

 Genus OPHIDIUM Linn. 



20. Ophidium marginatum DeK. 



One specimen observed by Dr. Cones. 



ZOARCID^. 



Genus ZOAECES Cuvier. 



21. Zoarces anguillaris (Peck) Storcr. 



Two specimens taken ]>y Dr. Yarrow from the wharf at Fort Macon. 



BLENNIID^. 



Genus BLE^JsXIUS Linnteus. 



22. Blennius geminatus "Wood. 



Very abundant, especially about Dnncan's wharf in Beaufort. Most 

 of our specimeus were taken from clusters of Ascidii'ius. The siiccimen 



