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completely failed to recognize the relations of the two. (1) In 1828 

 (tome second, pp. 124-126) they described the large-mouthed species 

 as a new generic type (under the name Huro nigricans), but, misled 

 by an injury to the spinous portion of the dorsal fin (and apparently 

 the loss of the seventh spine), they ranked it in their group of Per- 

 coidd with two dorsal fins, attributing to it a first dorsal with six 

 spin3S, and a second with two spines in front (instead of ten dorsal 

 spin3s). (2) In the following year (1829) and volume (tome troisieme, 

 pp. 54-58), they described the small-mouthed species, identifying it 

 with the Labrus salmoides of Lace"pde, and forming for it (and at 

 the same time associating with it an Australian fish) the genus Grys- 

 tes: this was referred to the section of Percoids with a single dorsal 

 fin and placed after Centropristes and before Rhypticus. The de- 

 scriptions of both species (after making allowance for the error in- 

 duced by the state of the dorsal in Huro) were quite good, and es- 

 pecially in the case of Grystes salmoides, much better than any sub- 

 sequently published, and they can consequently be identified without 

 difficulty. 



Subsequently, Dr. DeKay, in his "Zoology of New York,"* re- 

 produced the figures and (in a modified form) the descriptions of 

 the two species from Cuvier and Valenciennes' work ; but, failing to 

 identify them, redescribed and refigured one of them (Grystes sal- 

 moides) under two names (Centrarchus fasciatus=Cichla fasciata 

 Le?., and Centrarchus obscurus DeKay, n. sp.). Of course all were 

 adopted by Dr. Storer in his " Synopsis of the Fishes of North Amer- 

 ica.'^ In those works, therefore, the species stand under three generic 

 and four specific names. 



In 1850, Prof. Agassiz, in his " Lake Superior,"! decidedly advanced 



* DEKAY (James E. . .). Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna; 

 comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within 

 the State of New York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its 

 borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. By James E. DeKay. 

 Part IV. Fishes. Albany ; printed by W. & A. White & J. Visscher. 1842. 

 [4to, xiv [1, errata], 415 pp.; atlas, 1 p. 1., 79 p. 1]. 



t STORER (David Humphreys). A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 

 <Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. New series. 

 Vol. ii. (Cambridge, 1846), pp. 253-550. 



A synopsis of the Fishes of North America. . . . Cambridge : Metcalf and 



Company, printers to the University. 1846. [4to, 1 p. 1. (= title ), 298 pp.] 



J AGASSIZ (Louis). Lake Superior; its Physical Character; Vegetation 



