152 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 
Color. Brown, with lighter colored clouds, forming six broad clouded vertical bands. 
Dorsal fin brown, with a light longitudinal band included between two darker ones. The 
caudal and pectoral fins brown; anal and ventral darker. 
Length, 3-5. ; 
Fin rays, D. 29; P.14; V.2; A. 19; C. 15. 
This is a rare species. According to Mitchill, his specimen was found in an oyster. 
Another specimen was sent to Cuvier from New-York. 'The specimen in the Cabinet of the 
Lyceum at New-York, was obtained from the harbor. 
(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 
€. novemlineatus. (Woop, Ac. Sc. Vol. 4, p. 280.) With nine vertical bands. Dorsal fin with an 
irregular blackish spot between the first and second rays; remainder of the fin clouded. D. 30; 
A. 20. Length three inches. South-Carolina. 
C. quadrifasciatus. (Ip. Ib. p. 282.) With four vertical bands. Dorsal not connected with the anal ; 
circular yellow spots near the base of the anal fin, D, 27; P. 11; A. 15; C.9. Length two and 
a half inches. Maryland. 
