('All!'!<ij)il.s, (Katiii,) A^^assi/,. 



C. CVPRIM S, 



The r.onc'-Finued Clnik-SiiclaM'. 



I)(i(ly ('llil'ticiil, cDiuiircssed: ils ln-i^lit is more lliaii one- 

 lliird of Hk' total l('ii<;tli. Tlie niiterloi- Jorsal I'ays very 

 much loiij^er tliun the rest; camlal fin (lee]>]y lbil;eil. The 

 scales are variegated wiili ]»]iie, y('lh»\\ and L.'re<Mi. and all tlie 

 liiis are grey-blue. 



i'in-rays;--l). 27"-:>2 ; P. IS: V. 11 : A. lJ--!u: C. ^S^ 



('. (■■i/jjj-iuns, Guentlier VII, \>. 24. 



Cafosfomus ('i/prinus. Lesiieiir, doiiiMi. Ac Xat. S". I'hilad. 

 I, 1817, I'l). I'l, 111). 



Ldbeo ciijYi'ln'its. DfKay, N. Y. l-'aim. l''isli. [). I'.i^, |/1. 77, 

 lio-. 243. 



ScloriHpKtlhnx r//ijriiius, Kirtlarid. ilnsioii. Joiii-n. Xat. 

 Tlist. V, ].. 27n, pi. 22, fig. 2. 



(Mrpio(/<'.s racra, Ai;'aHS. in Am. .loivrn. Sc. tV' Art. XA'I!, 

 1 sr)4, p. o.'tCi. 



This very singular lish inhabits the nortiiern ])art of 

 (,'hesapeake Bay near the luoutli of tlie Kile Iiive.r. It was 

 formerly brought to tlie Baltimore; marlcets^ l)nt I'ceenlly lias 

 in>t a})pearetl llicre. In the markets of Philadelpiiia it still 

 hohls a place, and finds a ready sale. 



M0X08T()]\I A , (Raf i n es. j u e , ) A gass i y. , 

 il. oj;LON(;r:\i. 



Tlie Common ^[iillel. o]' Jlorncd Sucker. 



Body robust, cylindrical. Scales large. Lateral line in- 

 distinct. Head smooth. Betv/een the eyes and the snout, 

 on each side, are from three to iive tubercles. Eye verv 

 .small, in the middle of the length of the liead. The lower 

 li}> broad and bilobed. Head dark olive-green; l)ack and 

 sides of body green; sides tinged with yellow; abdomen yel- 

 lowish. Anal fin dark blackish-brown; the caudal lighter, 

 and Ihe I'emanning fins light olive~g)'ccn. 



