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BULLETIN 
lESSEX IIsrSTITTJTEl. 
Vol. 22. Salem : Apr., May, June, 1890. Nos. 4, 5, 6. 
ON A GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE CHARA- 
CINES {llenocliilus Wheatlandii, gen. ii. et sp. ii.). 
PLATE I. 
BY S. GARMAN. 
CJt((r((dcrs. — Body oblong, conipressetl, covered with 
large scales ; belly rounded ; head naked. Intermaxilla- 
ries and niaxillaries forming the margin of the upper jaw. 
A lip on the lower jaw, none on the upper. Mouth wide ; 
teeth in each jaw strong, compressed, trenchant. Gills 
four, openings wide, membranes free from the isthmus 
and se})arated from each other ; gill-rakers setiform ; no 
pseudobranchite. Nasal oi)enings close together. Dorsal 
tin }) laced nearly in the middle of the body, near a verti- 
cal from the ventrals ; anal long ; caudal deeply notched. 
Lateral line continuous. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Br. 4-5; D. 11; A. 26; V. 8; P. 14; C. if; L. 1. 
47 ; L. tr. 4!^ . In shape this fish resembles the common 
carp, or some of the stouter forms of the species of Cor- 
)iSSEX INST. BULLETIN, VOL- XXII 4 (49) 
