d 
IX 31 
E 4 m en 
PEat7e6:! 
Lo €* Sé 
Edi fhe Ohio 
sz | 
Dine; silvery add iridescent, "b several indue brown or - 
x blue stripes extending the whole length of the fish. Throat 
and abdomen white. Dorsal, caudal, and anal fins dusky, . 
bluish, or sometimes livid. Pectorals ue with ined 
„lines extending alon 
Habitat. ome, E rie, rare 
D. 9— 1-4; C. 16 3; m RE | 
tarni I haveing: with but three specimens taken 
in the Ohio River. They were more dusky colored, and had — 
shorter and more acutely | lobed tails than those in Lake Erie, - 
where the species, is very abundant. This fish | readily takes © 
the baited hook, and is much esteemed for eating. Lesueur 
> dm) his species in the Wabash River, and sent it t 
France under the na Lof Perca apg. s spt fict 
name is retained by. Cuvier in his * SE 
Poissons,” _. The specimens we have s 
udinal stripes as that descr 
n * kj 
ah à s 
PLATIROSTRA. Le Sueur. - n 
P. edentula. Le Sueur. "The Toothless Spoonbill. 
Platirostra edentula. be Sueur. J. A. N. S el. p. 2 
t PR 5 ape Tongs Expedition. a 
D. us = "ue Kirtland, Rep on Zool. of Ohio 
y ai Ta Dekay’s Rep. on the Fishes of N. prb he. 
Plate VII. Fig. 2. 
. This fish An a few instances wandered up the Ohio River, | 
~ but ! have never nal so fortunate as to obtain a view. of A 
