65 



Centropomus lineatus, Lacfp. iv. 255. 



Rocciis striatus, 3Iit chill, llrporf, p. 25. 



Perca mitchilli, MitchUl, Trtitis. AVw Yorh, i. p. 41.' 



jTL'rca 1111 u'iiiiii, ^fxtii^nnt, j-iiiif'-^, j.iffi-' jf'//t, 1. p. ^l**. pi. »5. I. 4. 



Labrax liiioatus, Cur. iS,- Vul. ii. p. 70 ; Tkhai/, New York Fainin, 

 Fishes, p. 7. pi. 1. f. 3 ; Baird in Kinfh Smithson. Report, p. 321 ; 

 Holhr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 17. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D. 9 I f^. A. f,. L. lat. 57-62. L. traiisv. 9/11. 



Total length equal to 41 the height of body ; teeth of the tongue 

 in two elongate oval patches ; teeth of the inl'crior edge of prceoper- 

 culnm not much stronger than those of the hinder one. Seven or 

 eight black li)ngitndinal bands. 



Eastern coasts of North America from Maine to Georgia. 



a. Adnlt. North America. From Ifr. Warwick's Collection. 



b, c. Adult. North America. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



d. Adnlt : stuffed. North America. Presented by Edward 



Doubleday, Esq. 



e. Adult: skin. New York. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 



f. Adult: skin. New York. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. — The 



bands are irregailarly waved and interrupted (Pcrca viitcJiiUi 

 interrupta). 



4. Labrax osculatii. 

 Filippi, Rev. Magaz. Zool. 1853, p. 164. 



D. 9 I i. A. ^3- L. lat. 56. L. transv. 9/15. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; teeth of 

 the tongue arranged in a single oval patch ; teeth of the inferior 

 edge of prasopcrculum not much stronger than those of the hinder 

 one. Seven or eight black longitudinal bands. 



Eastern coasts and rivers of the United States. 



5. Labrax rufus. 



Morone rufa, 3Iitchill, Report, p. 18. 



Perca mucrouata, Rajiiwsque, Monthly Magazine, ii. p. 205. 



? Perca araericana, Schiipf, Nattirforscher, xx. p. 17, and Schriften der 



Naturf. Freunde Berlin, viii. p. 159 ; Schneider, Block, p. 88 ; Lacep. 



iv. p. "412. 

 Labrax mucronatus, Ciiv.S) Val. ii. p. 86. pi. 12; Baird in Ninth 



Smifhson. Report, p. 322. 



rufus, Dehay, Neiv York Fdiina, Fishes, p. 9. pi. 3. f. 7. 



americanus, Holhr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 21. pi. 3. f. 2. 



D. 9 1 j^. A. ^. Cffic. pylor. 4 (-5)'. L. lat. 50-55. 



Vert. 11/14. 



Total length equal to 3^ the height of body ; edges of prse- 

 operculura nearly equally and finely denticulated. Brownish grej-, 

 \vith more or less obsolete darker bands. 



Eastern shores of the United States from ^lassachusctts to South 

 Carolina. 



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