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D. 10-10. P.20. V. 1-5. A.3-7. C. 10?. Length, 8 inches. 

 New York, Dekay. 



Corvina oxyptera, Sharp-finned Corvina, Dekay': Report, p 77, pi. 30, fig. 96. 



GENUS III. LEIOSTOMUS, C uv . 

 Anal spine feeble. Very minute denticulations on the preopercle. Teeth 

 in the jaws even, and exceedingly small. Pharyngeals paved on their posterior 

 border. Snout convex, arched. Two dorsals. 



1. Leiostomus obliquus, Mitchill. 

 Back convex. Body compressed. Fourteen to eighteen narrow, transverse, oblique bands 

 over the hack. A dark rounded spot behind the upper angle of the opercle. Fins yellowish. 

 D. 10, 1-30. P. 10. V. 1-5. A. 2-13. C. 17. Length, 8 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. Pennsylvania, Cuv. 



Labrus obliquus, Litlle Porgee, Mitchill, Trans. Lit and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 103 

 Scitena multifasi ; Ha, l.i eub, Journ. Acad, Nat. Sc, n. p. 255. 

 Le Leioslome a epaule noire, Leiostomus humeralis, Cuv. et Val., v. p. 141, pi. no. 

 Leiosi is obliquus, Lafayette, Dekay's Report, p. 69, pi. 60, fig. 195. 



2. Leiostomus xanthurus, Lacep. 



Very similar to the preceding species, but the neck is a little more convex. Of a golden 



brown color, becoming silvery towards the abdomen, without bands or spots. 



D. 11, 1-32 or 34. P. 21. V. 1-5. A. 2-13. C. It. Length, (?). 



South Carolina, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



It is called " Yellowtail," in South Carolina. 



Le Leiostome 4 queue jaune (Leiostomus xanthurus, Lacep.), Cuv. et Val., v. p. 142. 

 Leiostomus xanthurus, Dekay's Report, p. 70. 



GENUS IV. LARIMUS, Cuv. 

 Two dorsal fins. Teeth velvety. Forehead not arched. Snout very 

 blunt. Preoperculum slightly denticulated. 



1. Laritnus breviceps, Cuv. 



Silvery, above grayish brown, with brownish oblique lines, which descend forward . 

 towards the tail, these lines are longitudinal. The membrane of the first dorsal is blackish, 

 with a triangular white spot at its base between each of the rays. Snout fiat, and very short. 



D. 10,1-28. P. (?). V. (.')• A. 2-7. C. 17. Length, 1 foot. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Larime 4 court museau, Larimus breviceps, i i v. et Val., v. p. lit;. 



