446 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [104] 
Note on Cestreus and Cynoscion. 
The generic name Cynoscion Gill must be used instead of Cestreus for the Weak- 
fishes. Professor Gill calls my attention to the prior use of Cestreus by McClelland 
(Journ. Nat. Hist., v. 2, p. 151) in 1842, for a genus of gobies (= Prionobutis Bleeker). 
The type, Cestreus minimus McClelland = Lleotris amboinensis Day. For the Sciswsnoid 
genus, Cestreus (1854), must give place to Cynoscion. 
LIST OF PLATES. 
PLATE I. 
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Fic. 1.—Cynoscion regale Bloch & Schneider. The Weak-fish, or Squeteague... 24 
2.—Cynoscion nebulosum Cuvier & Valenciennes. The Spotted Weak-fish. 26 
3.—Bairdiella chrysura Lacépéde. The Mademoiselle, or Yellow-tail..... 44 
Puate II. 
4.—Sciena ocellaia Linneus. The Red Dram, or Channel Bass .....-.-... 63 
5.—Roncador stearnsi Steindachner. The Roncador..-..-....-.-...---.---- 66 
6.—Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépede. The Spot-.-2.. .---.. co... cee eee 67 
PLATE III. 
7.—Micropogon undulatus Linneus. The Croaker ...-.. ..---........----- 76 
8.—Menticirrhus americanus Linneus. The Carolina Whiting.........--- 88 
9.—Menticirrhus saxatilis Bloch & Schneider. The King-fish...........-.. 89 
PLaTE IV. 
10.—Pogonias cromis Linneus. The Drum (young) ......--...----------.-- 93 
11.—Pogonias cromis Linnzus. The Drum (adult).........--..----.-.-..-. 93 
12.—Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque. The Fresh-water Drum, or Gaspergou 95 

