Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 149 



and as long as high ; dorsal and pectoral spines granulated upon their anterior face, dentated 

 slightly behind. Jaws equal. The maxillary barbel extends only to the first quarter of the 

 pectoral. 



D. 1-7. P. 1-11. V. 0. A. 19. C. 15. Length, Cinches to 2 feet. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Bagre pruiips, Bagrus probps, Cr/v. el Val., .\iv. p 



GENUS II. GALEICHTHYS, Cuv. 



Head rounded, smooth, unarmed. Dorsal and pectoral fins long ; the first 

 ray of each roughened, and ending in filaments. An adipose dorsal. Teeth 

 on the jaws and vomer. Branchial rays, six. Mouth wide, with from four to 

 six barbels. 



I. Galeichthys marinus, Mitchixl. 



Blue above, tinged with green ; sides silvery ; abdomen opaque white. Maxillary bar- 

 bels not extending to the ventrals. Filament of the pectoral fin reaching to, and occasionally 

 extending beyond, the ventrals. Caudal lunate, with pointed lips. 



D. 1-6. P. 1-11. V. G. A. 22. C. 17. Length, 6 inches to 2 feet. 



New York, Mitchill, Df.kay. New Orleans, South Carolina, Cuv. Gulf of Mexi- 

 co, Parra. 



Bagre, Parra, p. 6 I, pi 31, fig. 1. 



Silurus marinus, Salt-waler Cat-fish, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. if N. Y., i. p. 433. 



' i ichthe de Parra, Galeichthys Parra, Cnv. et Val., xv 



Galeichthys marinus, Oceanic Cat -fish, Dekav's Report, p. 178, pi. 37, fig. 1 1 



GENUS III. ARIUS, Cuv. 



W ith the general form of the Galeichthys, but the palatine teeth form two 

 distinct and distant plates ; rarely any on the vomer. Branchial rays, five or 

 six. 



I. Alius Milberti, Cuv. 



Brownish, steel-blue, verging to blackish above ; silvery beneath. Adipose dorsal black- 

 ish ; the others gray or brown. Casque granulated all over, and not in radiating stria;. The 

 maxillary barbels extend a little beyond the extremity of the operculum. 



D. 1 -7. P. 1 - 10. V. 6. A. 17. C. 15. Length, 5 to V, inches. 



New York, South Carolina, Cuv. 



L'Arius de Milbert, Arius Milberli, Coi el V»r... xv. p. 71. 

 Arius Milberli, Milbert'a Arms, Dekay's Report, p. \:j 



