66 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



GENUS I. OTOLITHUS, Cuv. 

 The bones of the anal fin are weak, and there are no barbels ; some of 

 the teeth terminate in elongated hooks, or are of the canine form. Their 

 natatory bladder has a horn on each side, projecting forwards. 



1. Otolithus regalis, Schn. 



Head and back brown, witb frequently a tinge of greenish. Ventrals and anal orange. 

 Ventral fins with five branched rays. There are two strong canine teeth in the upper jaw, 

 one of which is often broken ; the rest of that mandible is armed with a single row of teeth, 

 which are very small, but distinct and pointed. The under jaw is also furnished with a row 

 of small teeth, which is doubled anteriorly. The two dorsal fins separated, and the second, 

 as well as the caudal and anal fins, is in a great part covered with scales. 



D. 9, 1-29. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 1-13. C 17. Length, 1 to 2 feet. 



Bay of Chaleur, Lieut. Col. Hamilton Smith. Massachusetts, Storer. New 

 York, Mitchill, Dekav. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Labrus squeteague, Weak lisii, MlTCHILL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 396, pi. 2. fig. 6 

 L'Ololithe royal (Otolithus regalis, Cuv., Johnius regalis, Schn ), Cuv. el Val., v. p. 67. 

 Scia?na (Ololilhus) regalia, Squeteague, Rich , Fauna Boreal. Amenc, III. p. G'i 

 Ololilhus regalis, Weak-fish, Storer's Report, p. 33. 



" " " Dekay's Report, p. 71, pi. 8, fig. 24. 



2. Otolithus Drtnnmondii, Richardson. 



Slender. In a preserved specimen, received by Richardson, the back appeared to have 

 been dark, and the sides and belly silvery. Many small, rounded, blackis.li brown spots on 

 the back above the lateral line, and on the second dorsal and caudal. Two distinct rows of 

 small pointed teeth round the upper jaw, the outer row being more widely set. Caudal fin 

 rounded. Sixty-six scales on the lateral line, exclusive of the minute ones which extend 

 pretty far over the caudal. 



D. 9, 1-25. P. 10 V. 1-5. A. 1-8. C 17|. Length, Hi inches. 



New Orleans, Richardson. 



Ololilhus Drummondii, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Amenc, III. p. 70. 

 " Dekay's Report, p. 72. 



3. Otolithus Carolinensis, Cuv. 



Blue on the back, with silvery reflections ; beneath, white- The dorsals are gray, spotted 

 with black. Caudal spotted Anal blackish blue. Scales small, more than eighty in a lon- 

 gitudinal line. 



D. 10, 1-27. P. (?). V. (?). A. 1-11. C (?)■ Length, 14 inches. 



South Carolina, Cuv. 



L'Oiulilhe de la Caroline, Ololilhus Carolinensis, Cuv. el Vai. , lx p -175. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 1-1 



