8, COR VINA. 297 



Corvina nigra, Ciw. !^ Val. v. p. 86 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. p. .pi. . f. 2 ; 



Nordm. in Detnid. Vvi/. Rms. Merid. iii. p. 382. pi. 3. L 1 ; Cuv. 



Reyne Anim. 111. Pinss. pi. 28. f. 1. 

 canariensis, Cut: ^ Val. v. p. 93 (young), 



I>- 10 I ^- A. ^. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 30. Cffic. pylor. 8. 



I 25 0-8 1 •' 



Vert. 11/14. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and 3^ in the total ; the diameter of the eye equals the length of the 

 snout, and is one-fourth of the length of the head, the upper jaw 

 overlapping the lower. The band of the maxillary teeth with an 

 outer row of stronger ones. Praeoperculum scarcely denticulated ; 

 suprascapula and coracoid entire. The ventral fins longer than the 

 pectorals. The second anal spine very strong, but one-third shorter 

 than the first ray. Caudalis truncated. Blackish-brown ; ventral 

 and anal fins deep black. 



Mediterranean ; Canary Islands. 



a. Young. Dalmatia. 1 a i a /-, • • • 



lAr i,ji.i }■ Anal . . (Jorvma canarxensis. 



0. Young : bad state. J 6 



2. Corvina nigrita. 



Cm: ^ Val. v. p. 103. 



D. 10 I ^. A. 1. C£ec. pylor. 8. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| in 

 the total. The upper jaw overlapping the lower. The band of the 

 maxillary teeth with an outer row of somewhat stronger ones. Prae- 

 operculum finely denticulated. The second anal spine very strong. 

 Caudalis rhomboidal. Above brownish ; the first dorsal brown, 

 black-edged, with one longitudinal series of blackish spots, and the 

 second with two. 



Senegal. 



3. Corvina oscnla. 



Sciaena oscula, Lesueur, Journ, Acad. Nat. S6. Philad. 1822, ii. p. 252. 



pi. 13. 



grisea, Lesfueur, I. c. p. 254. 



Corvina oscula, Cuv. <§• Val. v. p. 98 ; Kirtland, Bost. Journ. iii. p. 350, 



pi. 6. f. 3, and Ohio Report, p. 193; Dekay, New York Faun. Fishes, 



p. 73. pi. 21. f. 63. 

 Amblodon grunniens, (Raf.) Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, 



p. 96. pi. 23. 



D. 10 I ^^. A. |. L. lat. 50-55. L. transv. 1^. CiEC. pylor. 7. 



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

 head four times. The snout is obtuse, convex, with the upper jaw 

 overlapping the lower, and equals the interspace between the eyes. 

 The diameter of the eye is much smaller, and 5| in the length of the 

 head. The upper maxillary with an outer series of larger teeth. 



