76 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 
THE MALASHEGANAY. 
CorvVINA RICHARDSONII. 
PLATE XX. FIG. 55. 
Le Corb de Richardson, C. richardsonii. Cuv. et Vat. Hist. Poiss. Vol. 5, p. 100. 
The Malashegané, Sciena (Corvina) id. Ricuarpson, Faun. Vol. 3, p. 64, pl. 77. 
Characteristics. Greenish grey, with dusky bands over the back. Dorsal with a long mem- 
brane behind. Anal with a single robust spine. Length one to two feet. 
Description. Form of the C. oscula, but with a more vertical profile, and the body more 
oval. Scales large and robust, and their relative size as in the species just alluded to. Under 
jaw somewhat longest, with four pores beneath. Mouth cleft as far back as the middle of 
the orbit. Eyes moderately large, more than two diameters from the end of the snout. Teeth 
numerous, minute, equal, but the outer row somewhat larger. Opercle ending in two lobes ; 
preopercle minutely crenulated. 
The first dorsal spine short and obscure ; the fourth longest, from which they diminish to 
the ninth. The first ray of the soft portion of the dorsal spinous ; the remainder subequal ; 
the last ray connected by a broad scolloped membrane, two inches long, to the upper part of 
the tail. Pectoral fins pointed, its longest rays exceeding in length those of any other fin. 
Anal fin with a stout ray, deeply grooved behind. 
Color. Grey, with dark transverse bands above. Sides silvery. Abdomen yellowish. 
Length, 10°0 - 24°0. Depth, 4°0 - 8°0. 
Finzays,, D. 9.1:18; P.155 Vo 1.53: A. Terst@ 7 14: 
This species, which is common in Lake Huron, where it is highly prized as food, and is 
called Sheepshead, also occurs, as I am informed, in Lake Erie. A fish has been described 
tome at Buffalo and Barcelona, where it is called Black Sheepshead, which agrees well in its 
savory qualities, color and other characters, with the above species. Feeds on crayfish, etc. 
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C. grisea, White Perch of Ohio, (Les. Ac. Sc.) Dorsal long; scales rough; a slight frontal depres- 
sion, D. 9.33; V.1.5; P. 16; A. 2.8; C.19 4. Length one to two feet. Ohio Rover. 
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