.•iiul tliick, o.S])t'ci;il]y hctwcHMi tlic eyes; snout lull and rounded: 

 eyes very larL!,L'. llciul and l)ody dusky above, witli agreen- 

 isli or hnmzcd tint: lower jaAv and belly white; along the 

 flanks runs a dusk-y hand, more or less distinct according to 

 the age of 1li(>h<;h: a hlnisli-l)laek spot i>n the ])oint (d* the 

 o])crele. 



iMU-rays:-]). !). 14; 1'. 1-1: Y. 1. 5: A. :]. 12; C. IVi. 

 .1/. anhnoldti^, diill, Proc. Ames. Assoc. iSTo, ]). t'T. 

 L'(hrii.^ siiliHoiJe-s, liacep. I\'. |i|i. "I'i. TIT. pi. .">, tig. 2. 

 (>r//s/(:s.saJ/jioi(Jt'.'<, ])eKay, New ^'ork l^'auiia, Fishes, p. 2ri, 



pi. oi), fig. 2 2;;. 



Introduced into the I'otomac lliver from tlie Youghioghany ; 

 and now abounds in some of the upper parts ot that stream, 

 likewise in the Chesapeake arul Ohio Canal, and has bec^ouie 

 naturalized in J. alee Roland, near Baltimore. 



Jt is greatly esteemed by the inhabilauts of Montgoniei'y, 

 Fi'ederick and Washington counties, who travel many miles 

 to obtain a sup])ly of it. 



AcAl). (\)\A,. S. I. 



("ENTHAIICMT^S, (^uv. 



C. Hl'XAiAXTUrS. 



The Go.Li;g]c-Eyc, or Goggie-Eye l^crcli. 



Nearly oval, much compressed, arched, thin both at the 

 back and belly, the thickest part lieing just above the lateral 

 line. The long, thin and elevated head is incurved above the 

 eyes, and the snout is rounded, though narrow. The eye is 

 very large. Head and body above more or less dusky, shaded 

 with Iduish-green: loAver jaw, sides and belly silvery, marked 

 with bluish-green blotches, more or less distinct, and placed 

 without much regularity. The dorsal, anal and caudal tins 

 with numerous yellowish s[u)ts. 



Fin-rays:— d). T. lo: T. 12: V. 1. ;^: A. fi. IT: C. 1". 



(,'. Iicxacinitliiis, Cuenther. I. ]i. 2r)T. 



— sparo/df's, (hxy. Sc Yal.. HI. ]». S8. ]il. 4S. 



