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4294 Storer on the 
* Pomotis vulgaris,” *Labraz mucronatus,” ‘ Leu- 
ciscus crysoleucas,” &c. is known in the interior of 
the State by the vulgar names of “ Horn egi i and 
“ Minister.” By many, it is highly esteemed as an 
article of food, and preferred to every specie of our 
common fluviatile fishes, save the pickerel. | “Tt i# 4 
generally fried, the skin having previously been 
removed. Specimens are occasional met with, 
weighing three quarters of a pound. - 
From a living specimen seven inches in length, 
the following account is drawn up. Color fuligi- 
nous, darker upon the head and back, approaching 
to black ; lighter upon the sides, tinged with cupre- 
ous; white beneath, in front of the ventrals. Length 
of the head to the entire length of the fish, as 14 
to 7. Greatest width of the head, equal to one sev- 
enth the length of the fish; greatest depth of the 
fish, more than equal to one seventh the length of 
the fish. Head flattened above; upper jaw longer 
than the lower; both furnished wih numerous small 
teeth ; eight cirrhi about the head. From the angle 
of thie upper jaw on each side, one projects, an inch 
and a half long, tapering to a point ; another, three 
quarters of an inch long, back of and above this ; 
beneath the lower jaw, are also four cirrhi, two on 
each side of its middle; the outer, one inch long ; the 
inner, three quarters of an inch long. All these 
cirrhi are of the same color. yes small, one line 
in diameter; the distance between the eyes equal 
to about half the length of the head. 'T'wo blunted 
spines on the humeral bone; the upper, much the 
smaller. - The lateral line arises above the posterior 
