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rather long, tlieir tii)S reacbing- beyond ventrals, their length 1^ in head; 

 ventrals 2 in head. Head 3^ in length; depth about 4. D. X-I, 25 ; A. 

 I, 7; Lat. 1. Go. South Atlantic coast of United States. 



{Perca alhurnus Linn. Syst. Nat. : Umbrina alburnus Giinther, ii, 275: Urnh-'ma albur- 

 nus Holb. Ich. S. C. 18J0, 137: Uinbrina ijhalwna Girard, Mex. Bound. Surv. Icbth. 

 Id59, 13.) 



910. M. HntlBslalMS (Grd.) Gill.— B«r^«m; "Sucker". 



Sooty grayish, with bright reflections, the back, all the tins, and under 

 side of the head dusky with dark jioints; undulating lines along sides run- 

 ning upward and backward ; back often with very faint dark cross-bars. 

 Body elongate, the back not elevated. Head bluntish. Eye small, 2^ 

 in snout, 7 in head, the maxillary scarcely extending to its front. Ante- 

 rior teeth of ujjper jaw strong. First dorsal high, its longest spine 

 reaching past front of second dorsal ; anal small, nearly under the 

 middle of second dorsal, 1| in head ; pectoral fins reaching past tips 

 of ventrals nearly to vent, their length 1^ in head. Head 4 ; depth 4. 

 D. X-I, 26; A. I, 8; Lat. 1. CO. L. 18 inches. Pacific coast, from Pan- 

 ama north to Point Concepcion; abundant. 



(Umhrina undulata Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S54, 148, and in U. S. Pac. 

 R. R. iSnrv. Fisli. 101 (the type, a very young siiecimen, examined by us): Umbrina 

 eIo)igataG\mtheT, Proc. Zoiil. Soc. London, 1884, 148.) 



302.— LARIMUS Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



.'(Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, 145, 1830: type Larimus brericeps C. & V.) 

 Body oblong, compressed ; snout very short and bhmt ; mouth very 

 ■oblique, large, the lower jaw projecting ; teeth small, in villiform bands ; 

 no barbels ; preopercle finely serrated ; pseudobranchice jiresent ; air- 

 bladder simple; vertebra; as usual; lower pharyngeals distinct, with 

 pointed teeth; dorsal fins connected, the first moderate, the second long; 

 anal fin very small, placed well back, i>rovided with 2 spines ; caudal 

 fin convex. (An ancient name of some fish, from ?.ap6^, pleasant, dainty.) 



,911. Li. fasciatus Holbrook. 



Silvery gray, clouded above ; sides marked with about 7 nearly ver- 

 itieal dusky bars, running from the back to below the lateral line. Body 

 oblong, compressed, ventral outline nearly straight, dorsal outline consid- 

 erably arched ; snout very short, much less than the diameter of the 

 large eye ; mouth large, very oblique, maxillary nearly reaching pos- 

 terior margin of orbit; til) of mandible on level of lower part of pupil; 



