Slorefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North Jhncricu. 109 



along the base of the dorsal fin ; a few scattering ones on the back part of the head, and 

 confused series of similar spols on the sides below the lateral line. Dorsal, pectorals, and 

 ventrals, brown ; anal and caudal light colored. The last ten or twelve rays of the dorsal 

 somewhat elevated. 



D.53. P. 20. V. 5. A. 25. C. 18*. Length, 2 feet. 



New York, Dekay. 



Le Lampuge ponctue, Lampugus punclulalus, Gov. et Val., ix. p. 327. 

 Lampugus punctutatus, Spotted Lampugus. Dekav'h Report, p. 131, pi. 11, fig. 31. 



GENUS XXIII. PTERACLIS, Gronov. 

 Head and teeth as in the Coryphsena, but the scales are larger ; the ventrals 

 are very small, and placed upon the throat ; the dorsal and anal fins are yen 

 much extended, and as high as the fish itself. 



1. Pteraclis Carolinus, Cuv. 



Silvery, with bluish reflections. The fourth dorsal ray longest. 

 D. 52. P. (.'). V. (?). A. 44. C (?). Length, 4 inches. 

 South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Pteraclis de la Caroline. Pteraclis Carolinus, Cuv. el Val., ix. p. 3GS. 

 Pteraclis Carolinus, Dekay's Report, p. 133. 



GENUS XXIV. RHOMBUS, Lacep. 

 Head and body compressed. Body covered with minute scales. Extrem- 

 ity of the pelvis forming, anterior to the anus, a small, pointed, and cutting 

 blade, which resembles a vestige of the ventral fins. A horizontal, partially 

 concealed spine before the dorsal and anal fins. 



1. Rhombus longipinnis, Mitchill. 



Form elevated, oval, and compressed. Silvery, with tints of blue, green, and iridescent ; 

 dusky on the head, and with inky patches on the belly towards the tail, which, in certain 

 lights, appear beautifully red and purple ; back bluish, with occasional clouds. Anterior 

 rays of the dorsal and anal fins more than half the length of their respective bases. 



J). 3-11. P. 23. A. 4-43. C. l'Jj. Length, 7 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Dkkay. South Carolina, Lin., Cuv. 



ChtBlodon atepidotua Lin., S3 I Nat. 



" " Shaw's G n Z08I . iv. p. 370. 



Strom i 1. h, Mitchill, Trans Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y. 1. p 



LeRhombea] ruea nageoires, Rl ni , Cm bIVal., ix p. 401, pi. 274. 



Rhombus longipinni , 1 Bo led Harve I G h, Dekay's Report, p. 136, pi. 75. tig. 239. 



