270 SCIMSID^. 



with two, one of which is very strong. Scales moderate. Air-bladder 

 with appendages. Pyloric caeca in small number. 

 Atlantic coasts of North America. 



1. Fogonias chromis. 



Labnis cromis, Z. Si/st. Nat. p. 479; Schoepff, Schrift. Naturf. Freunde 



BerL viii. p. 158 ; Jmsieu, Mem. Acad. Sc. 1723, p. 207. pi. 11 



(pharyngeal teeth). 

 Scieena chromis, Bl. Schn. p. 82 ; Lac4p. iv: p. 314. 

 Pogonathus courbLna, Lacep. v. p. 121. 

 Scisena gigas, Mitch. Tram. Lit. if Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 412. pi. 5. 



f. 10. 



fusca, Mitch. I. c. p. 409. 



Pogonias chromis, Cfuv. Hf Vol. v. p. 206 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 80 ; Holbr. Ichth. 8. Carol p. 112. pi. 16. f. 2 (fins not 



good) ; Cuv. E^gne Anim. Bl. Poiss. pi. 29. f. 1. 



D. 10|i A.|-. L. lat. 43. L. transv.:^. Csec. pylor. 8. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



Caudalis truncated ; the length of the pectoral about one-fourth 

 of the total. Mandibula with about twenty barbels. Uniform 

 brownish-grey ; axil with a black spot. 



Coasts of North America from New York to Cape Florida, and 

 probably more towards the south. 



a. Stxiffed : 37 inches long and 10| high. North America. Pre- 

 sented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 

 h. Adult akin. Pontchartrain Lake. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 c. Pharyngeal teeth of specimen a. 



2. Fogonias fasciatus. 



Pogonias fasciatus, Lacep. iy. p. 137 ; Cuv. Sr Vol. v. p. 210. pi. 118 ; 



Wilson, Encycl. Brit. Ichth. p. 176. pi. 296. f. 13 ; Bekay, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 81. pi. 14. f. 40: JETolbr. Ichth. S. Carol. 



p. 118. pi. 16. f. 1. 

 Labrus grunniens, Mitch. Tram. Lit. ^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 405. 



pi. 3. f. 3. 



D. 10I4. A.y. Ca)c. pylor. 6. 



CaudaHs truncated ; the length of the pectoral about one-fifth of 

 the total. Mandibula with about twenty barbels. Body with four 

 dusky cross-bands on each side. 



American coasts from Rhode Island to Cape Florida. 



3. MICROFOQON. 



Micropogon, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 213. 

 Body oblong ; muzzle convex, with the upper jaw overlapping the 

 lower ; mandibula with several minute barbels. Pharyngeal teeth 

 pointed, conical. Two dorsals, the first with ten slender spines, the 



