568 CONTKIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



60 pounds. Its flesh is not of high quality, and is often tough and ill- 

 flavored, especially in the lakes. 



{Ajilodinohts grvnniens Raf. Joum. de Phys. 1819, 88 : Corvina oscula Giiutlier, ii, 297 : 

 Scicena grisea Le Sueiir, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1822, 254 : Amblodon concinmis and 

 tineatus Agassiz, Am. Jonrn. Sci. Arts, 1855, 307 : ? Corvina richardsoni* Cuv. & Val. v, 

 J 00 : Amblodon neglectus Grd. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichth. 1859, 12.) 



295.— POGOT¥1AS Lac^p^de. 



Drums. 



(Lac^pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 138, 1802: type Pogonias fasciatus Lac. = L«fir«s 

 cromia L.) 



Body short and deep, the dorsal outline much elevated, the ventral 

 nearly straight. Mouth moderate, the upper jaw longest; teeth small, 

 in villiform hands, the outer not enlarged; lower pharyngeal bones 

 large, fully united, armed with strong paved teeth; lower jaw with 

 numerous barbels, each about half as long as the eye; preoperculum 

 entire, with a membranaceous edge. Dorsal fins slightly connected, the 

 spines high and strong; Caudal fin subtruncate; first anal spine short, 

 the second exceedingly^ large, nearly as long as the soft rays; pectorals 

 and ventrals long; gill-rakers short and bluntish. Pseudobranchise 

 large. Marine species reaching a very large size; among the largest 

 of the Scisenidse. {nwywvia^^ bearded.) 



894. P. chroinis (Unn.) C.&Y.—Drum. 



Grayish silvery, with 4 or 5 broad dark vertical bars, which 

 disappear with age; fins dusky. Body oblong, much comi)ressed; 



* If correctly described, this species is the type of a distinct genus whicli lias been 

 provisionally termed Euti/chelithus. It is probable, however, that the type was a 

 deformed individual of H. grunniens. 



The following are the alleged characters, generic and sj^ecific : 



EUTYCHELITHUS Jordan. 



(Jordan, Man. Vert. E. U. S. ed. 1, 242, 1876: type Corvina ricliardsoni C. «& V.) 



Difters from UapJoidonotus in the much deeper body, steep profile, the nearly equal 

 jaws, the single rather short anal spine, and in the smaller size of most of the fins. 

 {'ivTvxijQ, lucky ; AiOog, stone ; in allusion to the large ear-bones of Sciaenoid fishes. The 

 ear-bones of Maploidonolus are quite large and are marked with a rude impress of the 

 letter L, and are hence known to Wisconsin boys as " lucky-stones.") 



E. ricliardsoni (C. & V.) Jordan. — Maleshaganay. 



Grayish olive, with darker bands across the back; body much elevated, highest in 

 front of dorsal fin ; profile very abruptly decurved. Preopercle finely serrate. Eye 

 half length of snout. Pectorals pointed, considerably longer than ventrals. Head 

 3i in total length, including caudal fin; depth 2f. D. IX, 29; A. I, 7 ; Lat. 1. 54. 

 (C. «& V.) Lake Huron. 



{Corvina richardsonii Cuv. & Val. v, 100: Corvina richardsonii Richardson, Fauna 

 Bor.-Amer. 1836, 64: Corvina ricliardaonii Glinther, ii, 298.) 



