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Genus AMIURUvS liafinesque. 

 3(). AsriURUS BRUNNEUS Jordan. 



Amiiirufi platycrphalna Cope {l>7(^),Fvoc. Am. Pliilos. Snc. 485. (Not rimdodus plalij- 



aphaluH Gnl.) 

 Amiurm brunneus Jordan (1S70;, Aun. Lye. Nat. Hist. 'M'i 



This is the coiuiiioii ciit-flsh of the Saluda, and is kiiouii as the i\Iiul 

 Cat. Adult specimens reach a U'ti^th of about 18 inches, and bear little 

 resemblance to tlie yonnj;, I'roui which the species was first descril)ed. 

 The adnlts are extremely elongate, nearly terete behind, with liar, thin, 

 broad heads. In color, they are of a more or less clear yellowish green, 

 more distinclly green than is any other species. The uaun; '■'■ hrunueuH" 

 only applies well to the young. The species may be known from the 

 related A. platyeephaluH by the more elungate form, the shorter anal (in 

 (10 to 18 rays instead of 20), and by the mouth, whi<-h is somewhat 

 inferior, the lower jaw being much the shorter, while in A. platycephahfs 

 the jaws are equal. The color is also dilfereiit in the two species. .1. 

 plutycephalus is yellowish, dark above, and more or less marbled oJi the 

 sides with darker, resembling, in that resjxct, ^4.. mormotuttiis. In A. 

 hnaincits, the caudal fin is usually nnecinal, the upi)er lobe being tin* 

 longer, and the rndimt-ntary caudal rays are unusually nnmeioiis. A 

 specimeu nearly a foot long had the alimentary canal four (inu-s the 

 length of the body, and lilled with Pyxhmiemon ccratophyUum. T'le 

 stomach coutainea eight adult males of Codnma pijrrhomclas. 



As Professor Cope counteil 17 anal rays in his '■'jihitycephah'ti''', it is 

 likely that he had this sja-eies instead of Girard's, whi(;h has pretty uni- 

 formly L'O or 21 rays. IJoth Aniiitri(.s bruiiiicus and plntyccplialus ;iro 

 valued as food. 



o7. AMIUUUS rLATYCEI'lIALl'.S {(jinird) GUI. 



rimelodns phitijciphahiH GiK.vltn (1H59), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sl!. Pliila. IGO. 



i\Iauy specimens of this sjiecies were taken in IJannister's niill-pond, 

 on the Ennoree. The lislifrmen confound it with the piceeding under 

 the name of Mud Cat. but the species may be readily distinguislied by 

 the characters given above. 



A "Blue Cat*' is said to occur in the S.dnda, but we obtained no 

 specimens. 



