152 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 



Color. Brown, with lighter colored clouds, forming six broad clouded vertical bands. 

 Dorsal fin brown, with a light longitudinal band included between two darker ones. The 

 caudal and pectoral fins brown ; anal and ventral darker. 



Length, 3- 5. 



Fin rays, D. 29 ; P. 14 ; V. 2 ; A. 19 ; C. 15. 



This is a rare species. According to Mitchill, his specimen vi^as found in an oyster. 

 Another specimen was sent to Cuvier from New- York. The specimen in the Cabinet of the 

 Lyceum at New-York, was obtained from the harbor. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



C. novemlineatus. (Wood. Ac. Sc. Vol. 4, p. 280.) With nine vertical bands. Dorsal fin with an 



irregular blackish spot between the first and second rays ; remainder of the fin clouded. D. 30 : 



A. 20. Length three inches. South-Carolina. 

 C. quadrifasciatus. (Id. lb. p. 282.) With four vertical bands. Dorsal not connected with the anal; 



circular yellow spots near the base of the anal fin. D. 27; P. 11 ; A. 15 ; C. 9. Length two and 



a half inches. Maryland. 



