﻿FAUNA. 
  

  

  liabroids. 
  

  

  52. 
  Lachnolaemus 
  aigula. 
  Cuv. 
  

  

  335 
  

  

  Clupeoids. 
  

  

  61. 
  Clupea 
  * 
  

  

  62. 
  Megalops 
  cyprinoides. 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Anguillidae. 
  

  

  63. 
  Anguilla 
  * 
  

  

  Tarpon, 
  or 
  Big-scale. 
  

  

  Eel. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  The 
  foregoing 
  catalogue 
  of 
  our 
  fishes, 
  

   although 
  far 
  from 
  complete, 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  

   and 
  reliable 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  southwest 
  yet 
  pub- 
  

   lished. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Agassiz, 
  who 
  has 
  done 
  me 
  the 
  favor 
  to 
  prepare 
  

   and 
  revise 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  press, 
  observes 
  "that, 
  when 
  upon 
  

   the 
  southern 
  coast 
  of 
  Mississippi, 
  he 
  paid 
  little 
  attention 
  

   to 
  the 
  sharks 
  and 
  skates, 
  and 
  cannot, 
  therefore, 
  furnish 
  a 
  

   list 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  those 
  families 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  washing 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  Mississippi." 
  The 
  only 
  species 
  of 
  Sting 
  Ray, 
  the 
  

   Tragon 
  sabina, 
  he 
  obtained 
  in 
  great 
  abundance 
  upon 
  the 
  

   sand-flats. 
  

  

  * 
  Species 
  not 
  yet 
  identified. 
  

  

  