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bar. (Is like tho Perca Jlumatilis of Europe, and the Perca yranulata of America. "We will 

 call it the Labrax pluvialis, rainy weather chub. 



Mugilpetrosus rock mullet; 



lineatus short mullet, 1 ; 



albula short mullet, 2 ; 



curema long mullet; 



equmoculus horse-eye mullet; 



capitulinus drab mullet, loug ears; 



plumieri pond mullet; 



liza callipeva ; 

 Dajaus monticola mountain mullet; 



choirorynchus hog-nose mullet. 



The Dajaus monticola inhabits only the mountain streams ; the choirorynchus or hog- 

 nose mullet is a fish of double the size of the monticola, and found in the same waters. 

 Tho mugil liza is the largest of the mullets, from 20 inches to 3 feet long; the callipeva is 

 the name by which it is exclusively known. This is, ^no doubt, its Indian name. The 

 equinoculus and capitulinus, known in the market as long mullets, are readily distin- 

 guishable from each other by the size of the head, and especially by the size of the eye: 

 the horse-eye mullet has the large eye, the capitulinus unusually small. The plumieri, 

 Plumier's mullet of Cuvier & Valenciennes, is a long mullet; and the lineatus and 

 albula what the market people distinguish as short mullets. The callipeva is a river 

 mullet seldom extending further than the embouchure of streams, or into the ponds and 

 marshes. Tho curema is a large mullet found on the sea banks; it is the most highly 

 colored of all the mullets, the back is a golden green and it has scales on the second 

 dorsal fin. 



Dajaus choirorynchus is identical with Agonostomus nasutus, but f the 

 scanty description hardly justifies the substitution of this name for the 

 later one. The other new species we fail to identify. Labrax pluvialis we 

 do not recognize. 



Page 823. The great Barracuda should stand as 



1199. SPHYRJENA BARRACUDA (Walbaum). 



To its synonymy add: 

 Esox barracuda, WALBAUM, Artedi Piscium, in, 94, 1792 ; after CATESBY. 



Page 827. The veutrals in the Polynemidce are truly thoracic, the long 

 pubic bone being attached to the shoulder girdle. This family is proba- 

 bly nearest allied to the Scicenidw. 



Page 833. After Ammodytes iiersonatus add : 



3720a). RHYNCHIAS, Gill, new genus. 



Rhynchias, GILL, MS., new genus (septipinnis) . 



This generic name is provisionally given to a species known only from 

 a description of Pallas, and supposed to differ from Ammodytes in the 

 presence of ventral fins. It may prove to belong to some different family. 

 snout.) 



1214(a). RHYNCHIAS SEPTIPINNIS (Pallas). 



This species has not been recognized by any recent collector, and it is 

 not certain to what family it belongs. The following is the substance of 

 Pallas's description : 



D. 43; A. 24; V. 8; P. 16; C. 24. Form of Ammodyte tobianus. Head 

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