402  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
GENUS IV. PIMELODUS, Cov. 
Palate smooth and without teeth. Barbels varying from six to eight. 
Casque occasionally present. 
1. Pimelodus catus, Liv. 
Fuliginous, darker upon the head and back, approaching to black ; lighter upon the sides, 
tinged with cupreous; white beneath, in front of the ventrals. Upper jaw the longer. 
Caudal nearly even, rounded. The barbels at the angle of the upper jaw the longest. 
D.1-5. P.1-8 V.8. A.21. C.19. Length, 7 to 9 inches. - 
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Ayres. New York, 
Mrrcuitx, Cuv., Dexay. Lake Ontario, Lesurur. South Carolina, Cuv. 
Cat-fish, Carespy’s Hist. Carol., 1. p. 23, pl. 23. 
Silurus catus, Lrn., Syst. Nat. 
a ‘© Common Fresh-water Cat-fish, Mircumx1, Trans. Lit. and Phil, Soc, of N. Y., 1. p. 433, 
Pimelodus nebulosus, Lesueur, Mémoires du Muséum, v. p. 149. 
ae Co Horned Pout, Srorer’s Report, p. 102. 
Le Pimélode chat, Pimelodus catus, Cuv. et Vau., xv. p. 124. 
Le Pimélode nébuleux, Pimelodus nebulosus, Cuv, et Vau., xv. p. 132. 
Pimelodus catus, Common Cat-fish, DExay’s Report, p. 182, pl. 37, fig. 119. 
2. Pimelodus ccenosus, RrcHarpson. 
Greenish above, marbled with deeper green; paler beneath; fins blackish. Labials end- 
ing in a tapering barbel, which reaches to the gill-opening. Pectoral spine serrated at its 
posterior edge by ten or eleven acute teeth. The outline of the dorsal, anal, and caudal 
rounded. 
B.9. DIES". (Pol 8, Ves. cAeet.  Colvsen cbenrth.. Ounches: 
Lake Huron, Ricuarpson. 
Silurus (Pimelodus) cenosus, Huron Pimelode, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 132. 
Le Pimélode sali (Pimelodus cenosus, Ricu.), Cuv. et VAL., xv. p. 129. 
Pimelodus cenosus, Dexay’s Report, p. 186. 
8. Pimelodus borealis, RicHarpson. 
Dark greenish brown on the back and sides ; on the belly, whitish. Head flat and broad. 
Neither pectoral nor dorsal spine serrated. Dorsal subquadrangular. Caudal has a wide, 
shallow fork, with obtusely rounded lobes. 
D.1-6. P.1-6. V.9. A.25. C.173. Length, 30 inches. 
Northern regions, Rrcwarpson. 
Silurus (Pimelodus) borealis, Meteneg, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 135. 
Le Pimélode boréal (Pimelodus borealis, Ricu.), Cuvy. et Va., xv. p. 130. 
Pimelodus borealis, Dekay’s Report, p. 187. 
4. Pimelodus albidus, Lesurur. 
Whitish ash. Fins red, excepting the adipose fin, which is brown. 
