Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 361 
along the base of the dorsal fin ; a few scattering ones on the back part of the head, and 
confused series of similar spots on the sides below the lateral line. Dorsal, pectorals, and 
ventrals, brown ; anal and caudal light colored. The last ten or twelve rays of the dorsal 
somewhat elevated. 
D.53. P.20. V.5. A.25. C.183. Length, 2 feet. 
New York, Dexay. 
Le Lampuge ponctué, Lampugus punctulatus, Cuv. et Va., rx. p. 327. 
Lampugus punctulatus, Spotted Lampugus, Dexay’s Report, p. 134, pl. 11, fig. S1. 
GENUS XXIII. PTERACLIS, Gronov. 
Head and teeth as in the Coryphena, but the scales are larger ; the ventrals 
are very small, and placed upon the throat ; the dorsal and anal fins are very 
much extended, and as high as the fish itself. 
1. Pteraclis Carolinus, Cuv. 
Silvery, with bluish reflections. The fourth dorsal ray longest. 
D. 52. P. (?). V.(?). A. 44. C.(?). Length, 4 inches. 
South Carolina, Cuv. 
Le Pteraclis de la Caroline, Pteraclis Carolinus, Cuv. et Van, 1x. p. 368. 
Pteraclis Carolinus, DEkay’s Report, p. 133. 
GENUS XXIV. RHOMBUS, Lacepr. 
Head and body compressed. Body covered with minute scales. Extrem- 
ity of the pelvis forming, anterior to the anus, a small, pointed, and cutting 
blade, which resembles a vestige of the ventral fins. A horizontal, partially 
concealed spine before the dorsal and anal fins. 
1. Rhombus longipinnis, Mrrenrut. 
Form elevated, oval, and compressed. Silvery, with tints of blue, green, and iridescent ; 
dusky on the head, and with inky patches on the belly towards the tail, which, in certain 
lights, appear beautifully red and purple; back bluish, with occasional clouds. Anterior 
rays of the dorsal and anal fins more than half the length of their respective bases. 
D. 3-44. P.23. A.4-43. C. 193. Length, 7 inches. 
New York, Mircuixrz, Dexay. South Carolina, Lrn., Cuv. 
Chetodon alepidotus, Lry., Syst. Nat. 
ce Wy Ssaw’s Gen. Zodl., rv. p. 370. 
Stromateus longipinnis, Harvest-fish, Mircam, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p- 366, 
Le Rhombe 4 lonzues nageoires, Rhombus longipinnis, Cuy. et Vat., 1x. p. 401, pl. 274. 
Rhombus longipinnis, Long-finned Harvest-fish, Drxay’s Report, p. 136, pl. 75, fig. 239. 
