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I). 12-13. P.M. V. 1-5. A. 3-11. C. 17. Cuv. 



D. 24. P. 6. V. 6. A. 13. C. 19. Mitchill. Length, 14 to 20 inches. 

 Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Ayres. New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. 

 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Lestjeur. 



Sparus ovis, Sheepshead, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. am] Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 392, pi. II, fi> 5. 

 Le Sarguetete-de-mouton, Sargus ovis, Cuv. et Val , vi. p. 53. 

 Sargus ovis, Sheepshead, Storer's Report, p. 36. 



" " Dekay's Report, p. 89, pi. 8, fig. 23. 



" " Avres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv, 260. 



2. Sargus rhomboides, Cuv. 



Silvery, rayed longitudinally with twenty-four or twenty-five gilded bands. Four or five 

 brownish bands descend from the back upon the sides, being more or less visible as the rays 

 of light glance upon the fish. Behind the shoulder, a blackish spot crosses the lateral line. 

 The dorsal is grayish ; the anal yellow, margined with violet ; the caudal olive-yellow ; 

 the pectorals and ventrals of a brighter yellow than the other fins. Eight cuttino- teeth 

 above, and eight below, notched on their summits. 



D. 13-11. P. 17. V.l-5. A. 3-10. C. 17. Length, 3 to 5 inches. 



New York, Carolina, New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain, Cuv. 



Spams rhomboides, Lin., Sysl. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 170. 



Rhomboid Spams, Shaw's Gen. Zool., IV. p. 417. 

 Le Sargue rhomboide, Sargus rhomboides, Cnv. et Val., vi. p. 63, pi. 143. 



Rhomboid Porgee, Dekav's Report, p. 93, pi. 71, fig. 228. 



3. Sargus arenosus, Dekay. 



Small. Banded as in the preceding. A short spine directed forwards in front of the dor- 

 sal fin. A series of six flat, chisel-shaped teeth in front of the upper jaw, with their tips 

 somewhat enlarged, and a row of eight similar shaped in the lower. Behind these, in 

 both jaws, two or three series of small, rounded, molar-like teeth, which increase in size on 

 the sides of the jaws. 



D.l-12,11. P. 16. V.l-5. A.3-12. C. 20. Length, 6 inches. 



New York, Dekay. 



Sargus arenosus, Sand Porgee, Dekay's Report, p. 91, pi. 22, fig. 67 



4. Sargus flavolineatus, Cuv. 

 Back bluish, silvery beneath ; thirteen or fourteen longitudinal lines upon the sides, 

 scarcely visible upon the abdomen. Dorsal fin bluish ; ils soft portion reddish. Caudal and 

 anal red, pectorals blackish, ventrals gray. The incisors are broad and vertical ; molars of 

 moderate size. 

 D. 13-11. P. 17. V.l-5. A. 3 -10. C. 17. Length, 9 inches. 

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