270 SCI^NIDiE. 



with two, one of which is very strong. Scales moderate. Air-bladder 

 with appendages. Pyloric caeca in small number. 

 Atlantic coasts of North America. 



1. Pogonias chromis. 



Labrus cromis, L. Si/st. Nat. p. 479; ScJiocpf, Schrift. Naturf. Frimude 



Berl. viii. p. 158; Jimim, Mem. Acad. Sc. l/"2;3, p. 207. pi. 11 



(pliaryngeal teeth). 

 SciiBua chromis, Bl. Scfui. p. 82 ; Lacep. iv. p. 314. 

 Pogonathus com-hina, Lacep. v. p. 121. 

 Sciajna gigas, Mitch. Trans. Lit. SfPhil. Soc. New Turk, i. p. 412. pi. 5. 



f. 10. 



fusca, Mitch. I. c. p. 409. 



Pogonias chromis, Cuv. l^- Val. v. p. 206 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 80 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 112. pi. 16. f. 2 (fins not 



good) ; Cuv. Regne Anim. 111. Poiss. pi. 29. f. 1. 



D. 10 I ^. A. 4. L. lat. 43. L. transv. ^. dec. pylor. 8. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



Caudalis truncated ; the length of the pectoral about one-fourth 

 of the total. Mandibula vnth. about twenty barbels. Uniform 

 brownish-grey ; axil with a black spot. 



Coasts of North America from New York to Cape Florida, and 

 probably more towards the south. 



a. Stitffed : 37 inches long and 10| high. North America. Pre- 



sented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Adult skin. Pontchartrain Lake. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 



c. Pharyngeal teeth of specimen a. 



2. Pogonias fasciatus. 



Pogonias fasciatus, Lacep. iii. p. 137 ; Cuv. ^' Val. v. p. 210. pi. 118 ; 



tVilson, Enct/cl. Brit. Ichth. p. 176. pi. 296. f. 13 ; Dekay, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 81. pi. 14. f. 40; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol. 



p. 118. pi. 16. f. 1. 

 Laorus grunniens, Mitch. Trans. Lit. Sr Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 405. 



pi. 3. f. 3. 



D. IOI4. A.f Case, pylor. 6. 



Caudalis tnmcated ; the length of the pectoral about one-fifth of 

 the total. Mandibula with about twenty barbels. Body with four 

 dusky cross-bands on each side. 



American coasts from Ehode Island to Cape Florida. 



3. MICROPOGON. 



Micropogon, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 213. 

 Kody oblong ; muzzle convex, with the upper jaw overlapping the 

 lower ; mandibida with several minute barliels. Pharyngeal teeth 

 pointed, conical. Two dorsals, the first with ten slender spines, tlie 



