288 scrj?NiDJ?. 



4. Sciaena obliqua. 



Mugil obliqnus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^- Pliil. Soc. New York, i. p. 405. 



Sciaeiia multifasciata, Lesueur, Mem. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pliilad. ii. p. 225. 



Leiostomus hunieralis, Cur. cS- Val. v. p. 141. pi. 110. 



obliquiis, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fiahes, p. 09. pi. 00. f. 195 ; 



Jlolbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 104 (pi. 24. f. 1, quoted in the text, can- 

 not be referred to this species). 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^. The upper jaw convex, overlapping the lower ; all the 

 teeth small, ^olliform ; pracoperculum finely denticulated. Caudalis 

 emarginate; the second anal spine feeble, one-third the length of 

 the first ray. A black round blotch above the axil ; back with more 

 or less distinct obli(iue bands, directed forwards. 



Fresh waters of the United States. 



a-c. Adult : very bad state ; have been in chloride of zinc. 

 North America. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



5. Scisena xanthurus. 



Leiostomus xanthurus, Lacep. iv. p. 439. pi. 10. f. 1 ; (Juv. 8j Val. v. 



p. 142 ; Dekay, Neto York Fauna, Fishes, p. 70. 

 Ilomoprion xanthurus, Ifolbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 170. pi. 24. f. 2 



(the description does not agree either with the figure or witli the 



species). 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|. The upper jaw convex, overla])ping the lower; all the 

 teeth small, villiform ; prscopercuhim finely denticulated. Caudalis 

 emarginate ; the second anal spine feebk;, one-third the length of 

 the fii"st ray. Coloration uniform. 



Unit- .States; West Indies. 



a. Adult : skin. New York. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



0. Scisena lineata. 



Leiostomus lineatus, Ai/res, Proc. Cal Acad. Nat. Sc. i. 1855, p. 25 ; 

 Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1850, p. 135, iind U. S. Pacif. 

 R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 99 (pi. 22 B. f. 1-4?*). 



T). 13 I 22. A. ^. 



The length of the head constitutes a little less than one-fourth of 

 the total. The snout is rounded and projects beyond the lower jaw, 



* It is much to be regretted Miat the arrangement of the phitcs, willi which 

 Girard has ilhistratert his species, lias not been executed without confusion. In 

 the present case, pi. 22 C. is quoted on p. !•'.), jil. 22 B. on p. 3,S(;, whilst no repre- 

 sentation at all of this fish is to be found in volume x., which contains the de- 

 scription. 



