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(Jolnr. '• Surface greenish brown, with seven or eight paler transverse bars over the body 

 ■'and tail; fins dark brown, with a bluish shade" {Mitchill). Caudal fin with two or three 

 ourved bars. 



Length, 2-0. Dej.lh, 0';J. J>readth of the head, 0-3. 

 Fin rays, ]). (i.l4; 1*. 17; V. 12 or 13; A. 11 ; C. 19. 



This species must, from tiic absence of scales, and its indistinctly connected dorsals, form 

 the type of a new genus. It is with some hesitation that I have annexed the synonimes of 

 Bosc and Lacepcdc, but they evitlcntly point to this or a very closely allied species. It is 

 found rarely in the harbor of New-York. I liave seen some specimens an inch long, with the 

 vertical bars quite indistinct. Its known geographical range is at present included between 

 New- York and Charleston. 



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