stephan()IJ':pi8. aiw. 



fS . MA SS AC 1 \ \ •SETTENIS . 



The Massacluisett's File-Fish. 



Body (»l)loiio\, very inucli dei)resse(l : .skin covered witli 

 siuall jsttdlated plates, which ai'O so disjioscd as tc* I'cel slii;ht- 

 ]y r(>ii<;li only when the haii<l is moved towards the head. — 

 The strono-, granulated, curved spine, re])reseiitini;' the lii'st 

 (htrsal till, is half the leng'tii of the head, and has a donhle 

 .series of sharp, decurved teetli l)ehiiid : yellowish 1)rowii. 

 with faint a1)l)reviated hi-owiiish hlotches along the sides, 

 most oLvioiis upon the upper portion. 



Fin-rays: ]). 1. U: V. V2^\-^: A. :50— 34 : C. 32—]:;. 



/S'. Mafisachuscf ten-sis, Htorer, Fish. Mass. ]>. ]74,andMem. 

 Am. Ac. A^III. p. 420, (]d. ;!4, tig. 4): DeXay, New Vork 

 Faiina, Fishes, p. iJIKl^ pi. oT, lig. 1S7. 



Hnters (Jliesapeake iJay from the ocean. lU4ongs to the 

 reu'ion of suit water. 



\' I .— iiippoc A:Mrii).E. 



HI1»POOAMPTTS, Leach. 



H. IllDSOXIUS. 



The Hudson River Sea-Horse. 



4>(»dy heptagonal, composed of twelve segments, armed 

 each side Avitlr three I'ows of prominent spines, formed by the 

 jnuction of the plates, and a single row beneath. On the 

 summit of the head is a large bony i)rotiiberancc, termina- 

 ting in hvc distinct ])oints. Length of the head is more than 

 one-fifth the entire length, and the prehensile tail is longer 

 than the body, ([nadrangiilar, and divided into :!2 segments. 

 <"o1or light brown, Avith iridescent ojX'i'cles. 



1). IS: V. I.-, ; A. :;. 



//. Jo'j/.soniii.s, DeKay, Faun. New York, Fish. ]i. :','2'2, pi. 

 nlj, lig. 171 ; Storer, Mem. Am. Acad I L p. 4'.)1, and Mil. 

 p. 41('i, pi. :5:'), hg. 4: Lockwood. Amer. Nat. 18(17. ]). 22"), 



— hycviroslris, Storer. lie]iort p, l(i7. 



