300 Storer on the 
The Anal fin commences back of soft rays of ` 
dorsal :—the first two rays are spinous. Fin higher 
than long, and barred like the dorsal. 
The Caudal fin is slightly convex in its middle :— 
its length equal to half its height: the connecting - 
membrane of its rays black, blotched with white. 
The fin rays are as follows: B.7; D. 10, 11; 
P.1754:Y.0; 4.89; OC. 18. 
Poworis. Cuv. 
Generic characters. A single dorsal fin: bran- 
chiostegous rays 6: small and crowded teeth: body 
compressed and oval: a membranous prolongation at 
the angle of the operculum. 
P. vulgaris. Cuv. Fresh water Sun Fish. Pond 
Perch. 
Shaw’s Zoology, vol. iv. pt. 11, p. 482. 
Lit. et Philosoph. Trans. N. Y. i. p. 403. 
Me Murtrie's Cuv. vol ii. p. 108. 
Cuv. et Valenc. His. Nat. des Poiss. t, iii. 
Jardine's Naturalist's Library, vol. i. Ichthyology, p. 162. 
Fauna Boreali Americana, p. 24 et fig 
This very common species in the numerous ponds 
of our State is taken with the Perca flavescens— 
Leuciscus crysoleucas—E soz reticulatus, &c., and is 
generally known by the vulgar name of Bream. It 
rarely exceeds eight inches in length. Though sel- 
dom brought to market, it is considered by many, an 
excellent edible fish. In the Naturalist’s Library, it 
is said to be “ of unobtrusive colors,” while, in truth, 
