9. OTOIITHUS. ,307 



e, f. Adult : skins. Pontchartrain Lake. From Dr. Pamell's Col- 

 lection. 

 Q. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



4. Otolithus regalis. 



Labrus squeteague, Mitch. Tram. Lit. SfPhil. Soc. New York, i. p. 39G. 



pi. 2. f. G. 

 Jonnius regalis, JSl. Schn. p. 76 ; Holhr. IchtJiyol. S. Carol, p. 127. 



pi. 18. f. 1. 

 Schoepff, Schrift. Naturforsch. Freiinde Berl. viii. p 160. 

 Otolithus regalis, Cuii. Sf Val. v. p. 07 ; Richards. Faun. Bor. Amer. 



Fishes, p. 68; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 71. pi. 8. f. 24; 



Baird, Ninth Smithsoti, Report, p. 329. 



D. 9|^. A. -^. L. lat. 60-65. Ckc. pylor. 4. Vert. 14/11. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 4^ 

 in the total. No canines in the lower jaw, those of the upper strong. 

 Praeoperculum with small denticulations. The vertical fins covered 

 Avith scales on a great part of their length. Back with darker oblique 

 streaks, following the transverse series of scales. 



Fresh waters of N. America ; Martinique, 



5. Otolithus analis. 



Otolithus analis, Jcnyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 104. 

 peruaniis, Tschudi, Faun. Per. Ichthyol. p. 10. 



The height of the body is 4|- in the total length ; the diameter of 

 the eye li in the length of the snout. The cleft of the mouth ex- 

 tends to below the middle of the eye. No canines in the lower juvv, 

 those of the upper strong ; praeoperculum smooth and with the angle 

 rounded. Coloration Ainiform. 



Coast of Peru, 



6, Otolithus dnunmondii. 

 Richards. Faun. Bor. Amer. Fishes, p. 70. 



D. 9 I ^. A. |. L. lat. 66. 



The height of the body is little more than one-sixth of the total 

 length, excluding the caudal. The length of the head is exactly 

 one-fourth of the whole length, including the caudal. The lower 

 jaw projecting beyond the upper; no canines in the lower jaw, those 

 of the upper moderately long. CaudaHs rounded ; the anal spine 

 slender, and not above one-third of the height of the soft ray which 

 succeeds it. Many small, roundish, blackish -brown spots on the 

 back, above the lateral line, and on the second dorsal and caudal 

 fins, (Rich.) 



New Orleans. 



