AMIA. AMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Caput osseum, nudum, sea- ' 

 brum,suturisconsp ! <cuum. 



Denies in mandibulis puJa- , 

 toque, acuti, conferti. 



Cirri n a sales duo. 



Membr: branch: radiisduo- 



decim. 

 Corpus squamosum. 



Head bony, naked, rough, 



with visible sutures. 

 Teeth both in jaws and palate, 



close-set, sharp, numer- 



ous. 

 Cirri or beards two, near 



the nostrils. 



Body scaly. 



CAROLINIAN AMIA. 



Amia Calva. A. cnuda macula nigra. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 500. 

 Amia with a black spot at the base of the tail. 



JL HIS is a small fresh-water fish inhabiting some 

 parts of Carolina. The body is slender : the late- 

 ral line strait : on the throat are two shield-like 

 bones, striated from the centre : the gill-covers are 

 obstuse and bony : the head bare, as if excoriated : 

 the pectoral and ventral fins are of equal size : the 

 dorsal fin long and sloping : the tail rounded, and 

 marked with a black spot at the upper part of the 

 base. Described by Linnaeus from a specimen 

 sent from Carolina by Dr, Garden. 



