101 



Fiu-rays:— D. 10. 1, 25; P. 17; V. 1. 5; A. 2. 1; C. 17. 

 Perca ocellata, L. Sjst. Nat. p. 483. 



Sci(ena{mberbis, Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, 

 I p. 411. 



Corvina occUata, Cuv. & Val. V p. 134, pi. 108; DeKaj, 

 New York Fauna, Pish. p. 75, pi. 21 fig. 61; Holbr. Ich- 

 thyol. S. Car. p. 150, pi. 21 fig. 2. 



Scicena ocellata. Guenther, II p. 289. 



Brought in the autumn and winter to the Baltimore mar- 

 kets, and highly esteemed for the table. It inhabits the salt 

 waters of the southern part of Chesapeake Bay and coast of 

 Worcester county, feeding on fish, shrimps, etc. 



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MENTICIRRIIUS, (Linn.) Gill. 



M. alburnus. 



Carolina Whiting, or King-Fish, 



Elongated, witli the back slightly arched and the belly 

 nearly straight. The prominent head is large; thick above; 

 the snout full rounded, prolonged beyond the ujjper jaw, with, 

 a broad and fleshy fold on its inferior margin, thick, entire 

 and adherent above, thin and divided into four movable lobes 

 below. Eyes large. Mouth inferior, of moderate size, with a 

 very protractile upper jaw, and armed with several series of 

 small, card-like, conical, sharp teeth. A short, stout conical 

 barbel on the chin. Silvery, a little clouded on the backj 

 and marked with several oblique, irregular dusky bars, 

 which run from the back to below the lateral line, where they 

 disappear, leaving the belly silvery-white. Length, 12 to 

 16 inches. 

 , Fin-rays:— D. 10, 1, 26; P. 20; V. 1, 5; A. 1, 8; C. 18. 



Umhrina americanus, Catesby Hist. Nat. Car- II, p. 12: 

 pi. 12; fig. 2. 



Perca alburnus, L. Syst. Nat. p. 482; Bl. Schn. p. 87. 



Scioina alburnus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 51. 



Umbrina alburnus, Holbr. Ichth. S. Car. p. 137; pi. 20, 

 fig. 1; Guenther, II, p. 275. 



Inhabits the Salter wa.t?rs of Chesapeake Bay and its 

 estuaries. 



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