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half the height of the others. The first row of teeth in the lower jaw is similar to that 
of the upper, except that it has no canines. The dried fish is ted above, silvery or golden 
upon its sides, without bands. 
D.11-15. P.16. V.1-5. A.3-7. C.17. Length, 21 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuy. 
Le Mésoprion a dents égales, Mesoprion isodon, Cuv. et Vau., 1x. p. 443. 
GENUS X. CENTROPRISTIS, Cvuv. 
A single dorsal fin ; branchiostegous rays, seven; all the teeth small and 
crowded ; no canines. Their preoperculum is dentated and the operculum 
spinous. 
1. Centropristis nigricans, Cuy. 
This species is of a dark brown, almost black, color, lighter beneath ; the head is of a sea 
or bronze green. The young of this species present clouded transverse bands. The white 
connecting membrane of the dorsal and anal fins is barred with black. The central rays of 
the caudal fin, which are usually forked, are elongated somewhat in young specimens: 
thus this fin is trilobed; this elongation is less perceptible in old specimens. 
D.10-11. P.18. V.1-5. A.3-7. C.17. Length, 12 to 14 inches. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. New York, Mrrceuiur. 
Perea yaria, MirewibLu, Trans. Lit. et Phil. Soc. New York, 1. p. 415, pl. 3, fig. 6. 
Centropristis nigricans, GRirFITH’s Cuv., x. p. 117. 
Le Centropriste noir, Centropristis nigricans, Cuy. et VaL., 111. pp. 37,44. Lutjanus trilobus, Lacep.? 
rf 2 Black Perch, Black Bass, Srorer’s Report, p. 9. 
ae 5 Black Sea Bass, DeKay’s Report, p. 24, pl. 11, fig. 5. 
2. Centropristis trifurea, L. 
It is spotted, and ornamented with seven blue bands. The opercula are finely denticu- 
lated. The tail is three-pointed, like the nigricans. The third and fourth dorsal spines 
are furnished with tentacule as Jong as the spines themselves. 
D. 11-12. P.16. V.1-5. A.3-8. C.20. Length, (?). 
South Carolina, Cuv. 
Le Centropriste trident, Perca trifurca, L., Cuy. et Vau., 111. p. 43. Lutjanus tridens, Lacgp. ? 
ne ce Dekay’s Report, p. 25. 
3. Centropristis tabacarius, Cuv. 
Of a reddish brown, deeper above, lighter beneath; with an oblong, dull whitish spot 
upon each side, at the upper edge of the lateral line, opposite the first seven dorsal spines; 
a second small spot at the first ray of the dorsal fin; anda third at the base of the last few 
soft rays of the dorsal. Dorsal fin with clouded brown spots. ‘Three spines upon the oper- 
culum. 
