119 



Near Baltimoro, in the Patajisco liiver, it lives in lioles, and 

 feeds on the small Crustacea which ahonnd there. 

 Acad. CVill. S. I. 



SCl/ENOPS, Gill. 



>S. OCELLATrS. 



Sea-Bass, oi" The Branded Corvina, ov Beardless 



Druiii. 



Elongated, nearly i-oiind, slightly arched above, straight 

 l)elo\v, thicker along the bade, and thinner at the belly. — 

 Head large, flattened above; snout rounded, full, with a de- 

 ])endent fold of skin, partially divided into four lobes. Sil- 

 very white, with a bluish tint along the back, and an oval 

 black spot (sometimes with two S])ots) bordered with white, 

 near the upper margin of the base of the caudal tin. 



Fin-rays:— D. 10. 1. 2r,; P. 17; Y. 1. 5: A. 2. 7: C. 17. 



Perca oceUafu, L. Syst. Nat. p. 48:). 



Sci(ni<i imherbl'^, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^' Phil. Hoc. New ^""ork. 

 I p. 411. 



Corvina oceHatd, Cuv. i^- Val. V ]>. 1:54. pi. lOS; DeKay, 

 New York Fauna, Fish. p. 75, pi. 21 tig. (Jl; Holl)r. Ich- 

 thyol. 8. Car. p. 150, \)\. 21 lig. 2. 



Hcuena ocellata. Guenther, II p. 2<S0. 



Brought in the autumn and winter to the Baltimore mar- 

 kets, and highly esteemed for the table. It inhabits the salt 

 waters of the southern part of Chesapeake Bay and coast of 

 ^Yol•cester county, I'eeding on fish. shrini{)s, etc. 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



MICPvOPOGON, Cuv. c^' Yal. 



iM. UNDFL ATI'S. 



The Croaker. 



Similar in shai)e to the ])receding ; head long, elevated be- 

 hind : with a full and roundi^l snout, and minute l>arbels at 



