leaden, darker hotwoen ihv dorsal and caudal: abdomen 

 white. 



Fin-rays:- J). 10: P. 12: A. 10: C. 10. 



L. Iru/oi/n.s. L. fSyst. Nat., p. 40S. 



O.sffdcioti //((fci, Storer. lutst. Jonrii. Xat. Hist., I, ]). '^r))]\ 



/Aictop/ir/f-s //(t/ci, J)eKay, Xew York Fanna, Fish, p. ;{42, 

 .Sti.rcr, 3Ioni. Am. Ac. VIII, ISIU, p. 420, (pi. :!.■>. hu'. :i.) 



()ccui'ring wvy rarely in ilic salt \vattM>i ot' tiie smithern 

 part of Chesiij)c;dcc lliy, and aronnd flx' cxireniiiy nf St, 

 Mai'vs comity. 



Acad. ( *oi.i,. S. I . 



v.— BAIJSTID.l::. 



AIVFTFRA, Cnv. 

 A. (isprcArD.\. 



The Long-Taileir File-Fish. 



P>ody elongated ; compressed, high: Ijack nearly horizon- 

 tal between the dorsal lin and S})in(-' : lace even, slopingi; 

 al)domen regularly arched. The mouth is i^rojectcd, 

 small and upturned : scales scarcely visible. Yellow- 

 ish brown, varied with irregular dashes and blotches, so tliat 

 scarcely any two individuals are ])reciscly similar, l^'he dor- 

 sal 81)1116 is stout, short, serrated, and has a, furrow behind 

 it for its reception. Tail lancet-sha])ed. and nearly hall' the 

 length of the hod}-. 



Fin-rays :--!). l.;5,S: F. i:): V. (i : A. 12: C 12. 



A. o/splcaiKla, (teste dill.) 



Jjdiisfc-s cit.spicdiida, jMitch. Am.^lonth. Mag. 11. j). ;)2();^i 



ylhifcrcs r>ivfnc(i>i(hi, DcKay, New Yoric Fauna., Fisli. p. 

 ?>'.]S, pi. o'-K lig. 102: Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. Ylll. ISCl, 

 ]). 427, (pi. -n), iig. 2.) 



Collected in the >St. Mary's liivei', in small nuiabers. 



Acad. Coll. 

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