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Pogonias chromis Cuvier, Regne Animal, plate 29, fig. 1, 1829. Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., v, 206, 1830 (New York; Montevideo). DeKay, New York Fanna, 

 Fishes, 80, 1842 (New York). Storer, Syn. Fish. North Am., 324, 1846 (copied). 

 Holbrook, Ichth. S. Carolina, ed. 1, 112, plate 16, fig. 2 (South Carolina). 

 Giinther, Cat Fish. Brit. Mus. ; ii, 270, 1860 (Lake Pontchartrain). Uhler & 

 Lugger, Fishes of Maryland, 98, 1876 (Eastern Shore, Maryland). Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878,377 (Beaufort). Jordan & Gilbert, Proc- 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 280 (Pensacola; Galveston). Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mas., 1882, 605 (Charleston). Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North 

 Am., 568, 1883. Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 233 (Cedar 

 Key). Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 237 (St. John's River, 

 Florida). Goode, Hist. Aquat. Auim., 367, plates 121 and 122, 1884. 



Pogonias fasciatus Laccpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 137, 1802. Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., v, 210, pi. 118, 1830 (New York)- DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 81, 

 pi. 14, fig. 40, 1842 (New York). Storer, Syn. Fish. North Am., 324, 1846 

 (copied). Girard,U. S. & Mes. Bound. Survey, 11, 1859 (Brazos Santiago). 

 Holbrook, Ichthyol. S. Carolina, 118, pi. 16, fig. 1, 1860 (South Carolina). 

 Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 270,1860 (copied). Giinther, Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1380 (Rio Plata). 



Mugil grunniens Mitchill, Report in part Fishes New York, 16, 1814 (New York). 



Ldbrus grunniens Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, 405, 1815 (New York). 



Mugil gigas Mitchill, Report in part Fishes New York. 16, 1814 (New York). 



Seicena gigas Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, 413, 1815 (New York). 



Pogonias gigas Ayres, Fishes of Brookhaven, L. I., 260, 1842 (Brookbaven, L. I.). 



Seianafusea Mitchill, Trans. Lit, and Phil. Soc, 409, 1815 (New York). 



b. Var. courbina. 

 Pogonatlius courbina Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 121, 1803 (Rio Plata). 



Habitat. — Atlantic coasts of America; Long Island to Montevideo. 



This species is common on the sandy coasts of the United States, 

 where it reaches a very large size. It is probably the largest of all the 

 Scicenidce. It is a rather coarse fish, of no great value as food. 



There is no doubt that all the North American names belong to a 

 single species, the form called fa sciatus being simply the young. 



The South American form (courbina) is scarcely different from the 

 Northern. We have examined specimens in the museum at Cambridge 

 from Eio Grande do Sul and other localities in Brazil. We have found 

 only the slight differences noticed in the analysis above. 



Genus XXV.— APLOD1NOTUS. 



Aplodinotus Rafinesque, Journ. de Phys., 1819,418 (grunniens). 



Amblodon Rafinesque, Journ. de Phys., 1819,418 (based on the pharyngeal teeth of 

 A. grunniens, supposed to belong to a species of Buffalo-fish). 



Haploidonotus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1861, 102 (grunniens) (amended or- 

 thography). 



Eutychelithus Jordan, Man. Vert., ed. i, 242, 1876 {richardsoni— grunniens). 



Type : Aplodinotus grunniens Eafinesque. 



This genus contains a single species, a large coarse fish, confined to 

 the fresh waters of the United States. The genus differs from Eon- 

 cador chiefly in the complete union of the very large lower pharyngeal 

 bones. 



