b}' t]]e lai\i.>,'(M' I'ariuv'ordiis tislies, "which frequent .similar 

 places. 



Acad. ("ull. 



XXXI v.— 1 .OlU^TTDyE. 



L()P.OTES, Ciiv. 



L. suki>:amrxsi.<. 



The Black Triple-tail, l^lack Fercli. 



Form elliptical, elevated, compressed, a little thicker on the 

 helly than along the margin of the hack. Head short and 

 compressed; snout rounded: profile incurved. When iirst 

 taken i'rom the water, this lish is light silver-grey, hut it he- 

 comes soon darker, and finally almost hlack ahove: lower 

 jaw, and cheeks near the eyes, are tinted with yellow, and a 

 similar tint is occasionally seen along the hack and shoulders. 

 Dorsal, anal and ventral fins slightly tinted with yellowish. 



Fin-rays:— D. V2. lii: P. 15: V. 1. :.; A. ;!. 12; C. 17. 



llo/ocenlrii.s ■si/rii/a/neiisi-s, Bl, Taf. 243. 



BodianK-s triurns, Mitch. Trans. Lit. A' Phil. ISoc. New 

 York, I. p. 428, ].l. 3. fig. lu. 



Lohotes svrinaiiieiisis, Cuv. & Val. \'. p. 3 P.); DeKay, New 

 York Faun. Fish, p. 88, pi. IS, fig. 49; ITolhr, Ichth. S. 

 Car. p. 10!), pi. 24, fig. 2. 



Occasionally caught in the lower })ait nl" the (Jhesapeake 

 Bav. 



