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XXXVI.— EJ. AC 'ATI JLK. 



ELATATE, r-'uv. 



E. CAXADIS. 



The Cobia. or Crab-Eater. 



Elongated, nearly eylindrical, tapering gradually tu the 

 tail, and tlattenod above from tlie lli-st dorsal s|)ine to the 

 snout. Avliicli gives it tlie ap[)earauce of the following fish, 

 The large head is thit aJ)i:>ve, hut I'uU at I'no sides, The 

 i'resli iish is above dark oli\e-brov»'n. which ,soou assumes a 

 bluisli-blaek color: cheeks a-nd lower jaw sil\ery, i'aintly 

 tinted \Nith red: a bi'oad, olive-brown band runs from tiie 

 eye to the tail, and above and l)eiow this is a. Iigh('v.'r tinte(l 

 band; abdomen ent irely white. -Vll hns. except Ihe Avliite 

 ventral hns, are (di\e-brown, and black at their bases. The 

 soft dorsal tin is pi'cceded l)y eight short, strtnig and voni- 

 pressed spines. 



Fin-rays:— D. S.2.:i(): 1*. -li): V. l.o: A. 2.2;:: ('. -JA. 



(lu.stcrdxlcii.s r(iiiii(h/.s. L. Syst. Nat. p. 4111. 



Sroiithcr iiii/rr, \]\ . tall. iliiT. 



(Jciil I'oiinl lis (Id rdciiii ^ ijace[». ji!, p. iloT. 



— .sj>iii,,.sii.s^ .\litcii. Trans. Lit. cV Tliil. Soc. iS'. York, i, 



]». 4!)(i. pi. ;;. iig I). 



J'J/acdfe (if/iijifirii , ('iiv. A- \'al. \' !1 i , p. 'AWi. [>[. 2',V,)\ 

 DeKay. New York Fiinna. b'ishes, p. li;>, ]d. "Jo. lig. 77- 



— - (Miiun/,1, liolhr. iclilli. S. Car. j). !)7, pi. 1 I, lig. 2. 



— ii'Kjrd . ( (iK'nth. II, p. ;')7."). 



Found ill the salt-water of the rionthci'u jtart of L'licsapeakc 

 Ikiv. 



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