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smaller teeth, coarser asperities upon the tongue, and particularly by the scales upon the 

 maxillary bones being much larger, and similar to those of the mucronalus. 



Cuvier's»and Kirtland's species may, perhaps, by future research, be ascertained to be 

 distinct species. 



D. 9, 1-14. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-13. C. 16*. Length, 8 to 15 inches. 



The Striped Bass of the Ohio. White Bass of Lake Erie. 



Wabash River, Indiana, Cuv. Ohio River, Lake Erie, Kirtlahd. 



Perca cbrysops. Raf.. tenth. Ohien.. p 32. 

 Perca mullilineatus, Lesueur, Cuv. et Val., hi. p. 488. 

 Le Petit Bar d'Amerique, Labrax mucronalus, Cuv. el Val., III. p. 488. 

 Labrax mullilinealus, Kirtland, Bosl. Journ. Nal. Hisl., v. p. 21, pi. 7, fig. 1. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 14. 



6. Labrax nigricans, Dekat. 

 Dark colored, with a tinge of yellowish. First dorsal more elevated than the second. 

 D. 9 or 10, 1-12. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C. 15§. Length, 6 to 12 inches. 

 New York, Dekat. 



Labrax nigricans, Small Black Bass, Dekay's Report, p. 12, pi. 50, fig. 160. 



7. Labrax albidus, Dekay. 



Bluish white, with a few narrow dusky lines. Anal fin with twelve soft rays. Second 

 dorsal scarcely emarginate. 



D. 9, 1-13. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-12. C. 171. Length, 10 inches. 

 Lake Erie, Dekay. 



Labrax albidus, White Lake Bass, Dekay's Report, p. 13, pi. 51, fig. 165. 



GENUS IV. CENTROPOMUS, Lacep. 

 The preoperculum is indented, but the operculum is obtuse and unarmed. 



1. Centropomus undecimalis, Cuv. 



In its general form it resembles somewhat the Pike. Silvery, tinged with brownish or 

 greenish towards the back; lateral line brown and very distinct. Fins yellowish, and 

 dotted with black towards their edges; dorsal fin gray, dotted throughout with black. The 

 second fin has eleven rays ; hence its specific name. 



D. 8, 1-10. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-6. C. 17. Length, 12 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Scisna undecimalis, Bloch, 305 3 



Pike-headed SciaBna, Shaw's Gen. Zou'l., iv. p. 535. 

 Le Centropome brachet dc mer, Centropomus undecimalis, Cuv. el Val., ii. p. 102, pi. 11. 



