Vtil 



;iii(l close tog-etiier. Skin witluuit scales, coveicd willi a 

 lliick coat of sliiiic. Color light brcwn, clniulctl ainl ii!"t11ed 

 with dark Ih-owu and olive-greeu ; belly llcsli-cclorcil. 



Fi^.vays:— T). :;.2G : V. 18 : V. o ; A. 21; C. 15. 



/>. /f''7, (iueiitluT in. 1). lliT. 



f renins hui. L. Syst. I. p. 11 U. 



Luphlnx A/'A/, ]Mitcli. liiv. tV' i'liil. Trans. Nc\v York. 1. 

 p. {(V.V 



I'xdrarho'uks vernuUv.n, Le.sueiir, 31eni. ^ins. V. p. I.')!, 

 pi. 17. 



/Id/rcc/ra-'j f(iricf/((ti(S, Storei", Kep. j\las.sach. }>. 74- 



^-('iif, Cuv. eV- Val. XI 1. p. 478; DeKay, New York 

 Fann., Fish. p. 1(18, pi. 28, lig. 8(). 



— rr/nlH.s, DeKay, 1. c. [>. 170, yA. .li*. lig, H'.l, (yunng). 



Lives in the lund of the oyster regions ol' Chesapeake JJay. 

 aronnd the mouth of the Fo'loniae liivt'r and elsewhere in 

 salt water. 



Acad. Con.. S. 1. 



XM.— IIIANOSCOPMU:, 



A.STHOS(M)PUS. r.rov. 



A. AXOl'Ll'S. 



The UiKii'HR'd I raiioscope. 



lii'dy cy lindrieal . vvdtliont scales: licad large and Matleneil: 

 '■yes large. Ncrtical, clo.sc together. ikick' ahove greenish, 

 and. tngeth.Mi- \vi(h tlie exti'emity of the lower ja.w. niinntc- 

 ly laiiielate Avitli black. First dorsal lin blackish : pi/etorals 

 grecinsii -. the reniednin^' hns white, tinged with yellow. 



ir:|,_,.ays:^-l). 4.1.12 : P. I!): V. 1.5: A. !2: ('. il[. 



rr<iiinsriij,iis (iiiniUds, {'\{x. ^'^ \';il. \' 1 1 i . [). ■l'.i;> : DcKav. 

 New ^^^rk Fauna., Fishes, p. iij, pi. 22, lig. ().5. 



.is/roscojUfs iiiidi'liis. ]>aird's iiep. 



.!i,'iii/s ini(ijihi.-ij (ruenth. 11. |>. 22ii. 



Hrenrs occasionally in tie- southeiii part 'd'. (fhesapeake 



