i;knkijai. i>ks(kii'TIi>n. 267 



The first dorsal tin has nine spinons rays, and is trianiriilar in 

 shai)r, its tbnrth and tit'th rays hcinj^ thr larj^rst ; tin* st-cond 

 dorsal 1ms one spine and thirty soft rays; the pectorals, twenty 

 — the ventrals, fifteen soft rays ; the anal has two spines and 

 twelve si)ft rays; the eandal has nineteen l)ranehcd and 

 artienlated rays. 



There is a viu-iety of this tish [Leiostomxin Xanthunis) pecnliar 

 to South Carolina, whieh has no spots or bands, hut has all the 

 fins, and more especially the caudal, yellow. 



