166 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Another marine cat fish, Hevanematichthys felis (Linnzus), 
which may occur on the coast, has never yet been definitely 
recorded. 
Galeichthys marinus De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Zo6]:; Fishes, III, 
1842, p. 178. 
Ailurichthys marinus Baird, gth An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, 
p. 341.—Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 826. 
Ajluruchthys marinus Bean, Bull. U. S.F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 
150, from Baird. 
Genus AMEIURUS Rafinesque. 
The Horned Pout. 
Key to the species. 
a. Caudal forked or deeply emarginate. CATUS 
aa. Caudal rounded. 
b. Mental barbels white. NATALIS PROSTHISTIUS 
bb. Mental barbels all dusky. NEBULOSUS 
Ameiurus catus (Linneus). 
White Cat Fish. Cat Fish. Big Cat Fish. River Cat Fish. 
Head 41%4; D. 7; A. 22; P. 11; V. 8; caudal 10; branchiostegals 
10. Body wide anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Back ele- 
vated.. Head widened, flattened. Eyes prominent. A pair of 
nasal barbels, and 4 mandibulars. ‘Teeth in jaws small, moveable, 
cardiform, with slender curved tips. Anterior nostrils somewhat 
tubular, posterior linear. Skin smooth. First dorsal somewhat 
elevated and rounded. Second dorsal adipose. Anal long, 
rounded. Caudal deeply emarginate, lobes rounded. Pectoral 
small. Ventral very small. First ray of dorsal and pectoral 
strongly osseous, with denticles, and hidden in skin. All fins very 
thick. Color grayish-white, sometimes coppery, and a little more 
colored upon the back with tints of gray. Fins of a reddish color, 
adipose fin brownish. Iris yellowish-green. Length 15 inches. 
Delaware River. (Le Sueur.) 
