60 New species of Fish. 



Frequent at Albany, and other places on the Hudson River. 



Cabinet of the Lyceum. 



Head rather small ; mouth moderate ; lower jaw shorter, 

 and shuts into the upper ; rostrum obtuse ; nostrils double, 

 nearly approximated, and nearer the eyes than to the rostrum ; 

 eyes moderately large, the pupils black, and the iris silvery ; 

 teeth none ; gill-covers silvery, with a narrow membrane on 

 the edges, and furnished at their superior part with a minute 

 flat spine ; gill openings ample ; body four times the length of 

 the head, cylindrical ; back slightly arched, dark brown ; 

 lateral line straight, nearly obsolete ; pectorals low, pointed ; 

 dorsal above the ventrals, trapezoidal, nearly straight on its 

 margin ; caudal furcated, lobes equal, with accessory rays ; 

 scales radiate, and very deciduous ; air bladder divided into 

 two cylindrical portions placed lengthwise, and connected b} 

 a small tube. 



Length — Three to six inches. 



Br. 4. P. 11. D. 8. V. 8. A. 8. C. 2©f. 



This delicate and beautiful fish is familiarly known under 

 the name of Spawn-eater, in allusion to its supposed food. 

 It may be remarked, however, that several fish of different 

 species have the same appellation. We owe our knowledge of 

 this species to Mr. I. Cozzens, who presented an individual to 

 the cabinet of the Lyceum several months ago. It is there 

 labelled Stolephorus hudsonius. N. Sp. As the genus Stole- 

 phorus of Lacepede has been suppressed by Cuvier, and incor- 

 porated with his sub-genus Clupea, we have arranged the 

 Spawn-eater under that genus, not however without some 

 doubts arising from the indistinct serrature of the abdomen. 



