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D. 14, 1-17. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 13. C. 17|. Length, 10 to 12 inches. 

 Found with the L. Americana, Dekay. 



Lucio-perca grisea, Gray Pike-perch, Dekay's Report, p. 19. 



GENUS VI. HURO, Cuv. 



Have all the characters of the Perch, properly so called, except that the 

 preoperculum is not indented. 



1. Huro nigricans, Cuv. 



Above, of an olive-brown, changing into yellowish white on the belly, and along the cen- 

 tral ridge of each scale is a line of the same color with the upper parts, giving it a striped 

 appearance on the sides. The first dorsal fin is smaller than that of the Perch, and is placed 

 at a considerable distance in front of the second. The anal fin is somewhat larger in pro- 

 portion. 



D. 6,2-12. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-11. C. 17. Cuv. et Val. Length, 16 inches. 



D. 6, 2-8. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-11. C. 17?. Richardson. 



Lake Huron, Richardson, Cuv. 



Le Huron, Huro nigricans, Cuv. et Val., II. p. 124, fie;. 17. 



" Huron, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, III. p. 4. 

 " " Black Bass of the Huron, Jardine, Nal. Lib., I., Perches, p. 103, pi. 6. 



" Black Huron, Dekay's Report, p. 15. 



GENUS VII. SERRANUS, Cuv. 



Have the preoperculum denticulated, and the bony operculum terminated 

 with one or two points, and long and pointed teeth distributed in a greater or 

 less number among the smooth teeth of the lower jaw. 



1. Serranus morio, Cuv. 



Brownish above, reddish beneath. The extremities of the maxillaries, the lower jaw, and 

 the branchial membrane, red. The spinous portion of the dorsal is of a deeper color than 

 the soft portion. The caudal is brown ; the anal is dark orange, margined with brown ; the 

 pectorals are orange-colored, and the ventrals are ornamented with large red spots. 



D. 11-17. P. (?)• V. (.'). A. 3-9. C 17. Length, 30 inches. 



New York, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Negre," at St. Domingo. 



Le Merou negre d'Am6rique, Scrranus morio, Cuv. et Val., ii. p 2S5 

 " " Dekay'9 Report, p. 23 



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