126 PERCH. 



127. Great,, GrULt Hog Fiih, Cate/iy,il. 15, 



"R. With fmooth long projeftile jaws, of a reddifh purple color : 

 head cafed in a ftrong boney fubftance : at the end of the upper 

 jaw four long fharp teeth; at that of the lower, two : head black above, 

 below purplifh, varied with crooked blue ftrokes : back covered "with 

 great purple fcales ; thofe on the belly paler, ftained with yellow : on 

 the back a fin divided into four parts, very long, falciform, and bend- 

 ins; backwards. 

 Size. This fifh grows to the length of three or four feet. Mr. Catejhy 



could not defcribe the tail, it having been cut off before it was 

 brought to hinn. It is fo fingular a fifh, as to merit a better figure 

 ■ and defcription, 



„ , Br. Zool. ili. N° iic. 



■ Place. 'T^ H I S I found among the fifh fent to Mrs. Anne Blackburne, fronv 



New York. 



XXVIII. PERCH. Br. Zool. iil. p. 254. Genus XXVI. 



529; Yellow- Cat'ejhy, u. 8. fig. 3. — Labrus auritus, Zy«. 475. 



BELLIED. 



With dufliy blue back and fides \ belly, tail, dorfal and anal 

 * fins brown ; ventral yellow : on the end of the covers of the gills 

 a black fpot, united with a fmaller of red. Grows to the length of a 

 man's hand. - 



^lACE. Inhabits the freih waters of Carolina and Virginia, efpecially mill- 



pools and ftanding waters. Is called the Ground Perthy from its cover- 

 ing Itfelf ie mud or fand. 



CaUfiyt 



