Fin-rays:— 1). 1. 1:5. I'l: V. IC: V 1. •"): A. :'.. 12: (J. IT. 



Sparfts ar(/ijrops, Linii. Syst. Nat. \k !T1. 



— :c(rnfJnr/')is!, Lacep. IV. p. 12il. 



Ldhrus rer.sicnlor, Mitcli. Ti-ans. Lit. ^' I'iiil. Snc New 

 Vork, 1. 1). 404. pi. '.). ti;;-. ~\ Agassiz in S])ix. l^isc. l^>rasil. 

 |). 117, tab. G4; DeKny, New York Fauna, Fisli. p, '.):>, p!, 

 'J. tig. 2.'); Baird. Nintli Sniitlison. I'c'])ort, p. \\\Vi\: lloll))-. 

 Iclitli. S. Car. p. U.K pi. 2:.. f!--. 1. 



Paffriis (ii-(jnro[)s, (xnentln'r, i. ]>. 472. 



It is a ,i;Ti()(l tish, ;,ui(l is hrDiio'lit to tlie i^alliinore niai'ket.s 

 in small nmnlters, X'vnw the soutliern part of ( 'liesap^ake fiay. 



At'AD. Coll. S. I. 



XXX.— PUTSTTPOMATTDyE. 

 H.EMULON, Cuv. 



IT. FORMOSl'M. 



The Squirrel Fish. 



Tlie body is nearly oval, compressed: tlie b-aolc arched; 

 snout produced. The scales are large: largest on the sides of 

 the body, smallei' beneath and on the head, extending to the 

 very tips of the pectoral, doj'sal and caudal lius. I'luish 

 stripes (10 to 12) on the cheeks, bordered with brown, on a 

 uiorc or less gilded ground; remainder of the body golden 

 grey, without lines. The dorsal fin with its twelve spinous 

 rays, is exceedingly robust Jind acute, and received into a 

 slieath. 



Fin-rays:— 1). 12. \:,\ P. 1. lii: A'. 1. :^: A. :;. 1): C. 17. 



//. forhwsniii (Cuenther 1, ]). 'M)7^) 



Percaformosa^ L. Syst. Nat. I. p. 4SS. 



Lahrns pl'Citilcri, Lacep. Ill, p. 480, })1. 2, fig. 2. 



Hd'niulon foniioHiun y Cuv. ^ Val. V, ]». 2:>0: DeKay, New 

 Vork Fauna, Fishes, p. SO, pi. 20, Jig. ,V,). 



Also lives in the salt-waters nol remote iVom the Ocean, 

 mouth of the Potomac Piver, &c. 



Acad. Coll. f 



