REPORT ON ICHTHYOLOGY. oiUI 



^^011 Oflte greatest height! there arc about nineteen rows, of which about n,u 

 small and six large ones are above the lateral line and eleven beneath. The relative 

 proportions on the different parts of the body are nearly the sau.e as in that species 

 the chief difference existing on the front of the back, where the exposed portions of tlu 

 disk are higher and narrower than in 3F. americana. < >n the cheeks from tlu- orbit t< 

 the angles, there are seven oblique rows. 



Those on the body are mostly higher than long, with the nucleus at about tin 



advancing posteriorly, and ending in teeth. About seven radiating ridges advanct 

 forward, some of them terminating at the anterior margin within the angles. 1 hese nr< 

 crossed by numerous elevated concentric lines, parallel with the margins. Tlu- seal* 

 on the sides of the head and between the eyesarealso pectinated like those of the body 



ucous pores as in JL MHrrinwu. the fourth 

 the terminal portion of the maxillaries; tin 



being largest ami deepest, ai 

 they regularlv decrease in size to the anterior pair, which is on each sale Ot the sym- 

 physis. The tilth pair is at the articulation of the jaw with the preoperculum, and is 

 continued from the two inferior borders ot that bone. 



with ohVa^uT Along the sides are seven verv distinct longitudinal black bands, 

 through the fourth of which the lateral line runs for its entire length. The continuity 

 of the bands below the lateral line is interrupted at the posterior half of their length, 

 and they there alternate with their anterior parts. 



The dorsal tins are tinged with purple, and the margin of the spinous one is dark. 

 The anal is of a darker purple toward its anterior angle. The caudal, especially pos- 



vellowish, while the membrane of the former is hyaline, and of the latter sometimes 

 minutely dotted. 



by Dr Charles Girard, under the name of Lnhrar rhn/snps (iirard ( /W or Lrjuhn.tu 

 chn/mp* Kaf.), to which is also referred, as a synonym, the Lahxa , M „in!h,r«h,s ot 

 (Juvier and Valenciennes, Kirtland, 1 >e Kay, and Storer. From that species, it is 

 verv distinct and even belong to a different genus. Cuvier describe.! the ground- 

 color as a greenish-gray on the back and silvery on the belly. This is not the color 



t'lsZr ran iX^Prw Z^ 7\l»Zl^ which t'said r! "be ' 'silvery with 

 live longitudinal brownish stripes on each side", and have the -head h ^ ^^ 



J\L\CZP< Ivnerally are, and agree sutHciently well with Kirtland's Labrar n.ultl- 

 Ihieatus, which is doubtless identical with the ( 'uvienan spec.es. hven such an oh>mei 

 as Rafinesque would have noticed the deep brazen hue ot Mnw n,Urm V to, and uouM 



Dr. (iirard has stated that tin 



