68 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



South Carolina, Dekay. 



L'Ombrine coroide, Umbrina coroides, Cuv. et Val., v. p. 187, pi. 117. 



" Southern King-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 70, pi. 72, fig. 231. 



4. Umbrina Broussonnettii, Cuv. 



One fourth as high as long. Barbel short and pointed. All the teeth velvety. Preoper- 

 cular teeth well marked. Dorsal spines slender. 



D. 10, 1-25. P. (?)■ V. (.'). A. 2-6. C. (.'). Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



L'Ombrine de Broussonnet, Umbrina Broussonnettii, Cuv. et Val., v. p. 187. 



GENUS VIII. POGONIAS, Lacep. 

 Resembles the Uinbrinae, but instead of a single barbule under the jaw, there 

 are several. 



1. Pogonias chromis, Lacep. 



Large ; body compressed and deep Brownish bronze, varying from blackish to reddish. 

 A black spot behind the pectorals. Ten or eleven cirrhi suspended from about the chin. 

 D.9, 1-22. P. 18. V. 6. A. 2-7. C. 171- Length, 24 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. New York to Florida, Dekay. 



Labrus chromis, Lin. 



Scisena fusca, Black Drum, Scisna gigas, Red Drum, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of X. V 



I. pp. 409, 412, pi. 5, fig. 10. 

 Le grand Pogonias, Pogonias chromis, Cm', el Val., v p. 206. 



" •• Big Drum, Dekay's Report, p. SO. 



2. Pogonias fasciatus, Lacep. 

 Dusky, banded with four or five blackish vertical bands. The fishermen suppose this spe- 

 cies to be the young of the preceding. 

 B.7. D. 10-23. P. 17. V.6. A. 7. C. 19. Length, 7 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill. South Carolina, Dekay. 

 Called " Grunter," " Young Drum,'" "Grunts," "Young Sheepshead." 



Labrus grunniens, Grunts, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. \".. i. p. 403, pi. 3, fig. 3. 

 Le Pogonias a bandes (Pogonias fasciatus, Lacep.), Cdv. et Val., v. p. 210, pi. lis 

 Pogonias fasciatus, Wilson, Encyclop. Brit., Art. Ichthyology, p. 176, pi. 299, fig 13 

 " " Banded Drum, Dekay's Report, p. 81, pi. 14, fig. 40. 



GENUS IX. MICROPOGON, Cuv. 

 The prominent snout and general form of Umbrina, with a few scarcely 

 apparent cirrhi or barbules under the lower jaw. Preoperculum dentated, 



