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GENUS XXII. APHREDODERUS, Lesueur. 

 Six branchial rays. Teeth velvet-like. Denticulations on the two edges 

 of the suborbital. Preopercle denticulated. Opercle with a spine at its 

 angle. Ventral fins without a spinous ray. Vent under the throat. 



1. Aphredoderus Sayanus, Gilliams. 



Gibbous. Above blackish brown, becoming paler towards the inferior surface, which is 

 light yellowish ; fins, except the ventrals, dusky. 



B 6. D. 3-11. P. 12. V. 0-7. A. 3-7. C. 17. Length, 3 inches. 

 Pennsylvania, Gilliams. Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Cuv. 



Scol-p is Sayanus, Gilliams, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., iv. p. SI, pi. 3. 

 L'Aphr6dodere bussu, Aphredoderus gibbosus, Lesueur, Cuv. el Val., ix. p. 448. 

 Aphredoderus Sayanus, Spineless Perch, Dekay'g Report, p. 35, pi. 21, fig. 62. 



GENUS XXIII. SPHYRZENA, Cuv. 



Body elongated, with two distinct dorsals. Lower jaw longest ; both with 

 long teeth. Ventrals back of the pectorals. 



1. Sphyrana becuna, Lacep. 



Considerably elongated. General color silver-blue, with a series of pretty large, round, 



dark blue spots along the sides ; tail spotted with blue. 



D. (?)■ P- (>)■ V. (?) A. (?). C. (?). Length, 4 feet. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Picuda, Parka, p. 90, pi. 35, fig. 2. 

 Sphyrsena picuda, Elocii. p. 29, fig. 1. 



Esox becuna, Becuna Pike, Shaw's Gen. Zobi., v. p. 112, pi. 109. 



La Sphyrene becune (Sphyrene becune, Lacep. ; Sphyra?na picuda, Bl., Schn.; Esox becuna, Sh.), Cot el 

 Val., m. p.341. 



2. Sphyraena barracuda, Catesbt. 



Very large, elongated. Brown, with whitish abdomen. Operculum terminates in two 

 points. This species is exceedingly ferocious, and is as much dreaded as any of the sharks. 

 B. 7. D. 5, 1-9. P. 12. V. 1-5. A. 1-9. C. 19. Length, 7 or 8 feet. 

 Caribbean Sea, Catesby, Cuv. 



Barracuda, Catesbv's Hist. Carol., n. pi. 1, fig. 1. 



Esox barracuda, Barracuda Pike, Shaw'. Gen Zoo"l., v. p. 105. 



La grusse Sphyrene, Sphyrrena barracuda, Cuv. el Val., ill. p. 313. 



3. Sphyraena guachancho, Cuv. 



Umber-colored, with a brilliant white lateral line. Caudal (in, green. 



