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Note on Cestreus and Cynoscion. 



The generic name Cynoscion Gill must be used instead of Cestreus for the Weak- 

 fishes. Professor Gill calls my attention to the prior use of Cestreus by McClelland 

 ( Journ. Nat. Hist., v. 2, p. 151) in 1842, for a genus of gobies ( = Prionobutis Bleeker). 

 The type, Cestreus minimus McClelland = Eleotris amboinensis Day. For the Seitenoid 

 genus, Cestreus (1854), must give place to Cynoscion. 



LIST OF PLATES. 



Plate I. 



Fage. 



Fig. 1. — Cynoscion regale Bloch & Schneider. The Weak-fish, or Squeteague. .. 24 



2. — Cynoscion nebulosum Cuvier & Valenciennes. The Spotted Weak-fish. 20 



3. — Bairdiclla chrysura Lac6pede. The Mademoiselle, or Yellow-tail 44 



Plate II. 



4. — Sciwua ocellata Linnaeus. The Red Drum, or Channel Bass 63 



5. — Eoncador slearnsi Steindachner. The Roncador 06 



6. — Leiostomus xanthurus Lacdpede. The Spot 67 



Plate III. 



7. — Micropogon undulatus Linnaeus. The Croaker 76 



8. — Menticirrhus americanus Linnaeus. The Carolina Whiting 88 



9. — Menticirrhus saxatilis Bloch & Schneider. The King-fish 89 



Plate IV. 



10. — Pogonias cromis Linnaeus. The Drum (young) 93 



11. — Pogonias cromis Linnaeus. The Drum (adult) .. 93 



12. — Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque. The Fresh-water Drum, or Gaspergou 95 



