152 



ahout oijiial (listaiicc lijtAvecii 1 lie cml n{' dorsal and Lasc of 

 tlu' caudal. 



Imu rays:— 1). 2. 10; I*. 12; V. 8; A. 1. 7; (". 2(;^. 



l\ (jHiUiim, Agass. Lake tSupcr. ]>. 2S('), \)\. 1, fig. ]— 2. 

 — j>e(/>irit/ii^ (Salinoperca), Tlioinpsoii, Proc. Bost. >Sur. 

 Nat. Hist, ill, is:,l, |,p. 1(14, 3U(;. 



luliabits the lower Potoiuau Kiver, and is often mistaken 

 for a young Salmon. Prof. Baird has seen s[)eciniens from 

 t\\(i iSiis<|ueliauna Rivei'. 



X] .Vll.— 8Y]S'0D0M1D.E. 



SYXODUS, (Groii.) Ijl. Selm. 

 IS. F(>:te.\s. 



The Provideneo Whiting. 



Ixxly elongated, though tolerably stout; nearly ruiiud, ov 

 a little depressed. Head hroad^ and triangular, if seen from 

 ahove, \vith the snout pointed. ]\[onlh very large; hjwer jaw- 

 shorter than the u[)per, and -w hen the mouth is shut, leaving 

 the teeth of the upper exposed. Paek and sides above mot- 

 lied reddish nv oli\-e-bro\vn , varying mueh in tint; sides he- 

 low hiteral line palei': belly faint yellow. 



[,^i,,_niys: — 1). 11: P. IS: V. 1. 5: A. Id; C. 21. 



,^./(e(cnsj Catesby, South Carolina, II. p. 2, (ah. 2, (ig. 2. 



Saliitofii'ten.s, L. Syst. Xat. 1. \\. ol;;. 



(Joregonus ruber, Laeep., Y. pp. 241, 2(uJ. 



Saiira.sfd'fcjhs.L'nv.iSc V:d.,XXII, [".471; ilolhr. hhth, 

 S. Car., ]). 1R7. pi. 2«;, hg. 1. 



(Jccurs ill the tide wa.ter ]iait of the rotuinac Kiver, ami 

 along both siK)res of tlie Soulhei-ii end of the Eastern Shoi'e. 



Acad. Coli-. 



