102 

 MICllOPOGON, Chiv. & A^al. 



M. undulatus. 



Similar in shape to the ])rcceding ; head Ion<i;, elevated be- 

 hind ; with a full and rounded snout, and minute barbels at 

 the chin. Body silvery, slightly shaded above, and marked 

 with numerous minute, dusky spots, generally disposed 

 without order, though rarely confluent, representing inter- 

 rupted lines ; these spots disappear below the plane of the 

 pectoral fins, and leave the belly wliite. Total length, 12 to 

 14 inches. 



Fin-rays :-D. 10.1.27; P. 14; V. 1.5; A. 2.8; C. 17. 



M. undulatus, Guenther II. p. 271; Catesby, Carol. II, 

 p. 3^ tab. 3, fig. 1. 



Perca undulata, L. Syst. Nat. p. 483. 



Scicena croker, Lacep. IV, pp. 309, 314, 310. 



Micropogon imdulcdus, Cuv. & Val. V, p. 219 ; DeKay, 

 NcAv York Fauna, Fish, p. 84; Holbr. Ichth. S. Car., p. 

 146, pi. 21, fig. 1. 



Brought to the Baltimore markets from the southern 

 part of Chesapeake Bay. It occurs imSinepuxent Bay, and 

 is much valued for food. In iSouth Carolina thev call it 

 "The Croaker." 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



LAPvIMUS, Cm . 6c VaL 



L. fasciatus. 



Banded Drum. 



This fish is very similar to Fogonias chromis, as well in 

 form, as in its individual parts. The ground color of the 

 whole animal is silvery, more or less shaded along the head 

 and back above ; the sides are marked with several vertical 

 dusky bars, more or less distinct ; the bellv is white. Total 

 length, 2 to 2i feet. 



Fin-rays:— D. 10.1.22; P. 17^ V. 1.5; A. 2.7; C. 17. 



L. fasciatus, Lacep III, p. 137 ; Cuv. & Val. V. p. 210, 

 pi. 118 ; DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish, p. 81, pi. 14, fig. 

 40; Holbr. Ichth. S. Car. p. 118, pi. 16, fig. 1. 



Ldbrus grunmens, Mitch. Trans. Lit, & PhiL Soc. New 

 York, I, p. 405, pi. 3, fig. 3. 



