288 sci^ENiD.!:. 



4. Sciaena obliqua. 



Mugil obliquus, Mitch. IVans. Lit. iSf- PJiil. Soc. New Yo7-k, i. p. 405. 



Scisena midtifaseiata, Lesueur, Mem. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 225. 



Leiostomus humeralis, Cuv. i^- Val. v. p. 141. pi. 110. 



obliquus, Dekai/, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 69. pi. 60. f. 195 ; 



Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 164 (pi. 24. f. 1, quoted in the text, can- 

 not be refen'ed to this species). 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^. The tipper jaw convex, overlapping the lower ; all the 

 teeth small, villiform ; pra^opercnluni finely denticulated. Caudalis 

 emarginate; the second anal spine feeble, one-thii'd the length of 

 the first ray. A black round blotch above the axil ; back with more 

 or less distinct oblique bands, directed forwards. 



Fresh waters of the United States. 



a-c. Adult : very bad state ; have been in chloride of zinc. 

 North America. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



5. Sciaena xanthurus. 



Leiostomus xanthurus, Lacep. iv. p. 439. pi. 10. f. 1 ; Cuv. S,' Val. v. 



p. 142 ; Dekaij, Neiv York Fauna, Fishes, p. 70. 

 Homoprion xanthurus, Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 170. pi. 24. f. 2 



(the description does not agree either with the figm-e or with the 



species). 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|. The upper jaw convex, overlapping the lower; all the 

 teeth small, villiform ; prteoperculum finely denticulated. CaudaHs 

 emarginate ; the second anal spine feeble, one-third the length of 

 the first ray. Coloration uniform. 



United States ; West Indies. 



a. Adult: skin. New York. Fi-om Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



6. Scisena lineata. 



Leiostomus lineatus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. 1855, p. 25 ; 

 Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1856, p. 135, and U. S. Pacif. 

 R. R. Fxped. Fishes, p. 99 (pi. 22 B. f. 1-4 ? •). 



D. 13 I 22. A. ^. 



The length of the head constitutes a little less than one-fourth of 

 the total. The snout is rounded and projects beyond the lower jaw, 



* It is much to be regretted that the arrangement of the plates, with which 

 Girard has illustrated liis species, has not been executed without confusion. In 

 the present case, pi. 22 0. is quoted on p. 99, pi. 22 B. on p. 386, wMlst no repre- 

 sentation at all of this fish is to be found in volume s., which contains the de- 

 scription. 



