ir.ii 



'■liin prtiiiiiiieiit, eyvs lur<;e: uhiUnjieii Neri'iitcd; sralcs lar;^"^ 

 iiiid roiiiidcd. The sides uf the fisli arc .silvery, with six (»i' 

 eij2,'lit iiulistiiK't, hluisli hands i-uiinini;' iVoiu tlie liead to tlie 

 tail, which are li^'ht-eolorcd after deatlj. Pectoral and caudal 

 iins dark-hrowii: anal and ventral tins nearly Avhite. 



Fin-rays: — 1). 17; P. IC: V. S: A. 20: ('. 20. 



(". mo'toirocra, Miteh. Trans. Lit, vV' Pliil. Soc. Xcw York, 

 I. y. J,")!, [)1. T), \\%. S. 



('[I'jx.ui juci/iorri.s, J\Iitch. 1. c 



Al't.s'i riKiMoirocca. DeKay^ New York Panna, b'isiics, [>. 

 2(;o, ]>1. II, tig. 127: Ayres, JJosf. Journ. Xat. Jlist. JY. 



- — iijraiiHUS. iJcKay. 1. c. ]i. 2.")S. pi. IS. tig. o8. 



..^/Incnf", Storer, Proc. Post. .Soc. Nat. Hist. IL j.. 2 12. 

 and Mem. Aniei'. Ac. YI, p. ;M0, ])1. 27. hg. 2. 



Cauulit in the Pdtoniac Pivcr in the large seines, when 

 hciiig hauled in the Sjn'ing tor tiie Shad. 



It atta.iiis a length almost e(jua.l to the Shad, hut is of a 

 more slender i'oi'in. As :\u article ot t'ood it is not popuhii' 

 with the tishernien of the Potomac. 



AcAi>. Col-L. S. 1. 



j-iu.-~^j)()Hos():\iiD.E. 



i)()lM)S(>M A (il'd'. • ( 



D. ( Ki'Krn 



The Toollifd lluri'iiJ- rhc Old Wife. 



Height of body eontained twice ami three-iilths in th 

 length ; lengtii ot head ioui- times. ihiei^ much a 

 Oval, compressed. Head small: eyes ot inedium size: 

 slightly projecting heyond the mouth. Pelly serrated: 

 larsjc. The last ]'ay ot" dorsal lin much (d(uigateil. 

 above, sides and alxlomen white: man}' specimens with 

 si:>ot on tile sluiulders. 



Pi)i-ravs: -D. 12: P. Hi: \". n; A. ;;:;: ( '. I't. 



e total 

 rched. 

 snout 

 scaU's 

 Dusky 

 a .laik 



