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GENUS II. CORVINA, Cvv. 
Have neither canine teeth nor barbels ; all their teeth are even. They also 
differ from the Otolithi in the thickness and strength of their second anal spine. 
Teeth generally even, velvet-like on the jaws ; but with a series of teeth 
larger, pointed, and equal on the upper. 
1. Corvina oscula, LesueEur. 
The color on the head, snout, and caudal fin is of a bluish gray, tending to black upon 
the snout and above the eyes, more gray towards the back and above the pectorals; all the 
other fins are of a lighter gray; some red tints upon the cheeks; a yellowish reflection 
upon the scales of the back of the tail and of the opercula; abdomen beneath the throat 
white. Anterior profile sloping, somewhat concave. Snout prominent and rounded. 
D.9-30. P.19. V.1-5. A.2-7. C.18,5-5. Length, 16 inches. 
Lake Erie, Lesurur. Lake Ontario, Dexay. Ohio River, Krrrnawnn. 
Amplodon grunniens, Rar., Ichth. Ohien., p. 24. 
Sciena oscula, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 11. p. 252, pl. 13. 
Le Corb de Lesueur, Corvina oscula, Cuv. et VAL., v. p. 98. 
Scizena (Coryina) oscula, Lesueur’s Corvyina, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 68. 
Sciena oscula, Kirrnanp’s Report on the Zéol. of Ohio, pp. 168, 192. 
Sciena grisea, Lesuzur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 11. p. 254. 
se Hs Dexay’s Report, p. 76. 
Sciena oscula, White Perch of the Ohio River, Krrrtanp, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 111. p. 350, pl. 11, fig. 3. 
Corvina oscula, Lake Sheepshead, Dekay’s Report, p. 73, pl. 21, fig. 68. 
2. Corvina ocellata, Cuv. 
Bluish above, lighter beneath. Upon the upper part of the tail, on each side, is a black 
spot, about three quarters of an inch in diameter, resembling the brand of a hot iron upon 
wood ; whence it has been called the Branded Drum. Sometimes two spots on one side, 
which are confluent on the other. 
D.10 or 11, 1-25 or 26. P.17. V.1-5. A.2-7or8. C.17. Length, 3 feet or 
more. 
New York, Mircuizx. South Carolina, Linwaus. Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, 
Lesveur. 
Called, at Charleston, S. C., ‘‘ Bass,” ‘‘Sea Bass,” ‘‘ Red Bass’’; at New Orleans, 
‘* Red-fish.”’ 
Perca ocellata, Ocellated Perch, Lin., Sys. Nat. 
sf se Suaw’s Gen. Zoél., rv. p. 550. 
Sciena imberbis, Beardless Drum, Mircuimx, Trans, Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 411. 
Le Johnius ocellé ou brulé, Corvina ocellata, Cuy. et Vau., v. p. 134, pl. 108. 
Coryina ocellata, Branded Corvina, DeKay’s Report, p.75, pl. 21, fig. 61. 
3. Corvina argyroleuca, Cuv. 
The whole complexion whitish. The white of the back relieved by pale brown scales, 
