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HYB0aNATHU8, (iirard. 



li. ]<E(;Trs. 



Minnow. 



Body t'loii^ate.d, coiupres.sed, its deptli ])eiMg one-(iftli or 

 i'mMipi- less tlianoiie-rtftli of the total leDgtli (without caudal): 

 tiic l(Miuth of the head is one-sixth nf tlic total, (\~iloratioii 



Ullil'oiJii. 



l^^iii-i-ays:^-l). 11: A. II. 



//. ,rr////.s', (iirard, Proe. Ac. Nut. Sc. Thihid. ISf)!;, ],. -ZO^). 



(Jomiiuui in the upjier parts oi' the Patapseo River, in tlie 

 rotoniac, ami in all the lai'ger creeks of Baltimore comity, 

 nnrth and west of tlie city 



AcAiJ. Coll. S. I. 



.Kf JTPJCHTHYS, Palrd .^' Girard. 

 A". M.AP.rxT-s. 



Tlio Occtmic Cat-Fisli, or Fork-Tnilod Cat-Fish. 



liody cylindrical, tapering hehind : it.s greatest dcjiih at 

 the origin of the tirst dorsal, where it is one-sixth of the 

 total length. Skin smooth. Head hroad, ilattened above. 

 >niootji, with a few scattering patches of granulations. .Jiiws 

 rijual, hroad and rounded. Two llattened haj-hels de}»end 

 from tiie chin, and two similar ones troni the angle of tiie 

 mouth, '^riie tirst dorsal i\n i« high, triaugulai-, with one 

 hony and seven sott rays^ the ilrst ray rough in front, three 

 inches high, hut continued six inches further by a soft, Hat 

 tllament, ending in a tine ])oint. First ])ectoral tin hou>'. 

 stroiigl\' dcntated hehind, and with a similar tilaraent as tlie 



