4. LADRAX. 05 



Centropomus lineatiis, Luc6p. iv. 2/)5. 



Roccus striatu.s, Mit chill, Report, p. 25. 



Percji mitcliilli, Mitrhill, Trans. New Vorl,; i. p. 41'{. pi. .'i. f. 4. 



Labmx lincatus, CVr. ^- Val. ii. p. 70 ; Drhn/, New Yorh Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 7. pi. 1. f; 3; liaird iti Ninth Smithson. Report, p. 321 ; 



Tlolbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 17. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D. 91^2- A.f,. L. lat. 57-02. L. transv. 9/11. 



Total length equal to 4i'the height of body; teeth of the tongue 

 in two elongate oval patches ; teeth of the inferior edge of prtcoper- 

 ciilum not miicli stionger than those of the liinder one. Seven or 

 eight black longitudinal bands. 



Eastern eoasts of North America from Maine to Georgia. 



a. Adult. North America. From Mr. Wai-wick's Collection. 



b, c. Adult. North America. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



d. Adult : stuffed. North America. Presented by Edward 



Boubledaj", P^scp 



e. Adult: skin. New York. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



/. Adult: skin. New York. From Dr. Parnell's Collection.— The 

 bands are irregularly waved and interrupted (Pcrca mitchilli 

 interrupta). 



4. Labrax osculatii. 

 Filipni, Rev. Magaz. Zool. 1853, p. 164. 



D. 9 I 1 A. fg. L. lat. 56. J., transv. 9/15. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; teeth of 

 the tongue arranged in a single oval ])atch ; teeth of the inferior 

 edge of prffioperculum not much stronger than those of the hinder 

 one. Seven or eight black longitudinal bands. 



Eastern coasts and rivers of the United States. 



5. Labrax rufus. 



Moi'one rufa, Mitcliill, Rcjwrt, p. 18. 



Perca miicronata, Rajinesque, Monthly Muijazinc, ii. p. 205. 



FPerca amcsricana, ScJmpf Ncifurforscher, xx. p. 17, aiul Schriften der 



Naturf. Freundc Berlin, viii. p. 159 ; Schneider, liloeh, j). 88 ; Lucep. 



iv. p. '412. 

 Labrax mucronatus, Cur. (^ Vul. ii. p. 80. pi. 12; liaird in Ninth 



Smithson. Report, p. 322, 



rufus, I)ek(i)j, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 0. pi. 3. f. 7. 



amcricanus, Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 21. pi. 3. f. 2. 



r^- ^ I i2=T5- ^' 9^- ^^^- Py^"^- 4 (-5). L. lat. 50-55. 

 Vert, n /1 4. 



Total length equal to 3^ the height of body ; edges of pra3- 

 operculum nearly equally and finely denticulated. Brownish gn;)', 

 with more or less obsolete darker bands. 



Eastern shores of the United States from Massacluisetts to South 

 Cai'olina. 



