280 Notice of the Report on the Fishes of New York. 
Klein in his characteristics of the genus Leuciscus, calls ‘‘short.” 
In Dr. Dekay’s new genus it is “long ;” the species which he 
describes has fourteen rays in its anal fin; the species before you 
has one ray less, thirteen. The difference of the length of the 
anal fin then, consists in the thickness of a single membranous 
ray. But it is said to have a “short spine before the dorsal fin ;” 
that spine I did not notice in the description of this species in 
my report, because it does not exist in the specimen before you, 
nor have I been able to find a vestige of a spine in ten other speci- 
mens I have examined, since the publication of the volume be- 
fore me. In all other respects, it is clearly a Leuciscus, and the 
Leuciscus chrysoleucas. 
Fundulus fasciatus, (p. 216.)—This is an Hydrargyra of Le- 
sueur. Respecting the imperfect elaboration of this genus, I must 
beg leave to dissent from Dr. Dekay. 
Fistularia tabacaria, (p. 233.)—Our author while speaking of 
the spotted pipe-fish, tells us, “its geographic range is therefore 
from Brazil to the coast of New York, and probably still farther 
north ; for Smith, in his History of Massachusetts, speaks of hav- 
ing seen two specimens of this fish from the coast of Martha’s 
Vineyard, in 41° 30’ north latitude.” Ishall make no comments 
upon the work here referred to, but would refer Dr. Dekay to 
Silliman’s Journal, Vol. xxxvi, for a general notice of it, while 
T add that Dr. Smith’s collection of fishes was purchased several 
years since by this Society, and that in that collection, were the 
two specimens Dr. Dekay refers to, and that one of those speci- 
mens was described by me in my report, as the Fistularia ser- 
rata, and that that same specimen was sent by me to Dr. Dekay, 
and was by him also figured and described on p. 232, as the F. 
serrata. 
Osmerus viridescens, (p. 243.)—In the synonyms of this spe- 
cies Dr. Dekay has arranged, ‘the Smelt, O. viridescens, Sto- 
rer, Mass. Rep. p. 108.” In my report, I catalogued this species 
as the ‘‘ Eperlanus Artedi,” and gave as a reason for so doing that 
‘Cuvier does not acknowledge this to be distinct from the Euro- 
pean fish, and therefore Artedi’s name has the priority.” I have 
yet to learn that this species is distinct from the European smelt. 
Baione fontinalis, (p. 244.)—Dr. Dekay has thought proper to 
form anew genus for what is unquestionably a young brook 
trout—Salmo fontinalis. 
