4. UMBEINA. 275 



green, with fifteen or twenty oblique bluisli streaks on each side ; 

 fins brownish. (Val.) 

 Canaries. 



3. Umbrina ronchus. 



? Valeric, in Webb ^ Berthelot, Hkt. Nat. lies Canar. Ichth. p. 24. 



D.10|, 



A. I-. L. lat. 60. L, transv. ^. 



I 29 (26 Vat.) 7 



Barbel very short. The height of the body is 3| in the total 

 length, the length of the head four times ; the diameter of the eye 

 is 4| in the length of the head. Prseoperculum rectangular, with 

 stronger denticulations at the angle ; sujirascapula serrated. Cau- 

 dalis truncated ; the ventral and pectoral fins equal in length ; the 

 second anal spine strong, its length being 2| in that of the head. 

 Uniform brown, golden-shining. 



Sea of Madeira. 



a. Fine specimen (16 inches long). Madeira. Presented by the Rev. 

 R. T. Lowe. 



4. Umbrina albumus. 



Albm-nus americanus, Catesh. Hist. Nat. Carol, ii. p. 12. pi. 12. f. 2. 

 Perca albumus, L. Syst. Nat. p. 482 ; Bl. Schn. p. 87 ; Schoepff in 



Schrift. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, viii. p. 162. 

 Centropomus albumus, Lacep. iv. pp. 249, 257, 264. 

 Scifena alburnus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 51 *. 

 Umbrina albumus, Holbr. Ichthyol. S. Carol, p. 136. pi. 20. f. 2. 



^-M^^- ^■\- C^c.pylor.7. 



Barbel short, not half the width of the eye. The height of the 

 body is 4| in the total length, the length of the head 4^ ; the dia- 

 meter of the eye is 7^ in the length of the head, and 2^ in that of 

 the snout. Prseoperculum without distinct denticulations ; supra- 

 scapula serrated. The third dorsal spine shorter than the head. 

 Caudahs obliquely ti-uncated; the anal spine very feeble. Seven 

 oblique dusky bands descend from the back to below the lateral line; 

 they are sometimes interrupted and appear as irregular blotches. 

 Fins more or less translucent. No air-bladder. 



Shores of the United States, south of Cape Hatteras. 



a. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



5. Umbrina nebulosa. 



SciaBua nebulosa, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^- Phil. Soc. New York, i. 1815, 



p. 408. pi. 3. f. 5. 

 Umbrina albiu^us, Cuv. 8f Vol. v. p. 180; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 78. pi. 7. f. 20 ; Baird, Ninth Smithson. Rqmrt, p. 331. 



D. 10 I ^. A. y. L. lat. US. L. transv. ^. Caec. pylor. 9. 



Vert. 11/14. 

 Barbel short, not half the width of the eye. The height of the 



* " Maxilla inferior imberbis : " probably copied from Linne. 



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