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332 Storer on the 
Umprina. Cuv. 
Generic characters. The Umbrina, besides the 
characters common to the Sciena, has a barbule, or 
cirrhus, at the angle of the lower jaw ; the spines of 
the anal fin strong and sharp ; the teeth smaller 
and more numerous. 
U. nebulosa. Mitchell The King Fish. 
Trans. Lit. et Philosoph. Soc. N. Y. p. 408. 
A single specimen of this species, which Mitchell 
states to grow to a larger size than a foot and a half, 
has been met with eight inches and a half in length, 
taken in a lobster pot at the Boston light-house. 
From this specimen, which has belonged to the cab- 
inet of the “ Boston Society of Natural History” for 
several years, and is at the present moment in a 
state of fine preservation, I have drawn up the fol- 
lowing description. 
Body elongated, slightly arched over pectorals, 
gradually tapering towards tail, of a dull gray color, 
with silvery reflections upon sides, ornamented with 
irregularly disposed dark bars; some, passing ob- 
liquely forwards from the dorsal fin; others, passing 
obliquely backwards from nape of neck; and one 
broader one, pursues a straight course backwards 
through the middle of the body, from extremity of 
pectorals to the tail. Body beneath, yellowish. 
Length of head two inches, covered with scales 
smaller than those upon body: head slightly flat- 
tened between eyes; rounded upon occiput ; some- 
what depressed back of snout. Snout blunted, pro- 
