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  Most 
  probably 
  some 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  correspond 
  with 
  

   the 
  Tennessee 
  fish, 
  as 
  ours 
  were 
  chiefly 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   North 
  Mississippi, 
  near 
  Oxford, 
  and 
  not 
  remote 
  from 
  the 
  

   Tennessee 
  line. 
  

  

  One 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Chologaster, 
  at 
  least, 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  

   in 
  Adams 
  and 
  other 
  southern 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  An 
  undescribed 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidosteus, 
  or 
  Alliga- 
  

   tor 
  Gar, 
  not 
  yet 
  seen 
  by 
  Prof 
  Agassiz, 
  has 
  been 
  obtained, 
  

   and 
  a 
  specimen 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Benjamin 
  Chase, 
  of 
  Natchez. 
  

   The 
  Taxidermist, 
  who 
  procured 
  and 
  preserved 
  it 
  for 
  Mr. 
  

   Chase, 
  named 
  it 
  the 
  hlacJc 
  gar, 
  in 
  contradistinction 
  to 
  the 
  

   other 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  dark. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  form 
  and 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  body, 
  

   it 
  resembles 
  the 
  L. 
  spatula 
  nearly. 
  The 
  distinctive 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  biordinate 
  

   disposition 
  of 
  the 
  rows 
  of 
  scales, 
  which 
  range 
  in 
  opposite 
  

   directions 
  from 
  the 
  extremities, 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   end 
  taking 
  a 
  direction 
  contrary 
  to 
  that 
  in 
  other 
  species; 
  

   and 
  the 
  rows 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  tail 
  meeting 
  about 
  mid- 
  

   way 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  gives 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  junction 
  a 
  zigzag, 
  or 
  

   serrated 
  appearance. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  species 
  I 
  propose 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   plished 
  and 
  zealous 
  cultivator 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  who 
  

   possesses 
  it. 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  added 
  to 
  our 
  catalogue, 
  and 
  

   will 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Lepidosteus 
  Chaseii, 
  of 
  Wailes. 
  

  

  Doubtless 
  our 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  southwest 
  

   will 
  hereafter 
  be 
  much 
  enlarged. 
  

  

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