THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 169 
Amuiurus prosthistius Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
A900, Pp. 352: 
Amuurus natalis Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 150. 
Ameiurus erebennus Jordan and Evermann,, Bull. U. S$. Nat. 
Mus., No. 47, I, 1896, p. 139, reference in part. 
Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). 
Cat Fish. Yellow Cat Fish. Mud Cat Fish. Horned Pout. 
Bull Head. Miller’s Thumb. Stone Cat Fish. Black 
Cat Fish. Common Bull Head. 
Head 3%; depth 3%; D. I, 6; A’ 1v, 19; width of head 1% in 

Yellow Cat Fish. Ameturus nebulosus (Le Sueur). 
its length; snout 234; eye 10; width of mouth 1%; interorbital 
space 2; dorsal spine 3; pectoral fin 21% ; ventral 2; base of anal 
114; least depth of caudal peduncle 27% ; caudal 134. Body elon- 
gate, compressed, deep anteriorly. Caudal peduncle deep, much 
compressed. Head large, wide. Eye small. Mouth large. Upper 
jaw slightly protruding. ‘Teeth fine, in broad bands in jaws, that 
in front of upper jaw convex in front. Interorbital space flat- 
tened and broad. Maxillary barbels shorter than head and reach- 
ing gill-opening. Outer mental barbel longer than inner, about 
an eye-diameter less than interorbital space, and nasal barbel 
about same as inner mental. Rakers 3 + 10 short stout points. 
Dorsal inserted about midway between tip of snout and begin- 
