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  Spring 
  Garden, 
  near 
  Baltimore. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  cliJ 
  not 
  

   know 
  the 
  fish, 
  but 
  thought 
  tliey 
  might 
  be 
  young 
  California 
  

   Salmon 
  Trout. 
  

   Acad. 
  Collection. 
  

  

  XXXIII— 
  PERCIDIE. 
  

  

  ENNEACANTHUS. 
  Gill. 
  

   JK. 
  obesus. 
  

  

  Striped 
  Sun-nsh. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  Sna-fish 
  is 
  subelliptical, 
  the 
  head 
  

   being 
  of 
  a 
  perfect 
  continuity 
  with 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  abdominal 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  Peduncle 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  short. 
  Greatest 
  depth 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  the 
  caudal 
  fin 
  excluded. 
  

   Mouth 
  rather 
  small, 
  and 
  its 
  cleft, 
  when 
  shut, 
  obliquely 
  di- 
  

   rected 
  upwards. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  composed 
  of 
  nine 
  spinous 
  and 
  

   eleven 
  soft 
  rays, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  elongated, 
  the 
  posterior 
  ones 
  

   extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  bas3 
  of 
  the 
  caudal. 
  The 
  anal 
  has 
  three 
  

   spinous 
  and 
  eleven 
  soft 
  rayB, 
  the 
  posterior 
  ones 
  extending 
  

   likewise 
  beyond 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  caudal. 
  Caudal 
  fin 
  posteri- 
  

   orly 
  rounded. 
  Ventral 
  fins 
  inserted 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  

   pectorals; 
  their 
  tips 
  extend 
  beyond 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  anal. 
  The 
  pectorals 
  are 
  subelliptical, 
  rounded 
  posterior- 
  

   iiy, 
  and 
  extend 
  as 
  iox 
  back 
  as 
  the 
  ventrals, 
  i. 
  e., 
  to 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  anal. 
  The 
  scales 
  are 
  proportion- 
  

   ally 
  larger, 
  and 
  are 
  disposed 
  upon 
  sixteen 
  rows 
  across 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  depth, 
  and 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  rows 
  on 
  the 
  

   peduncle 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  The 
  lateral 
  line 
  forms 
  a 
  regularly 
  arch- 
  

   ed 
  curve 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  opercle 
  to 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fiu, 
  thence 
  almost 
  straight, 
  

   and 
  very 
  obsolete, 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  caudal. 
  The 
  ground 
  

   color 
  is 
  ligiit, 
  transparent 
  olive, 
  with 
  five 
  or 
  sis 
  black 
  bands. 
  

   A 
  tinge 
  of 
  rose 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   Scales 
  generally 
  with 
  a 
  Y-shaped 
  gold 
  marking, 
  smaller 
  and 
  

  

  