472 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [86] 



Genus GIBABDLNUS Poey. 



72. Crirai'diflBiis formosus Girard. 



South Carolina to Florida, in streams. 

 The maximum size of this fish is said to be one inch. 

 23506. Saint John's River, Florida. G. Brown Goode. 



CHARACXNID^E. 

 Genus TETBAGONOPTEBUS Cuvier. 



73. Tetragonopterns argcntatns (B. & G.) Jor. & Gilb. 



Astyanax argentatus B. & G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, p. 27. 

 Lower MissiSvSippi Valley, from Arkansas southward and 



extending into Mexico. 

 This is the only Characinid in the United States. 



869. (Two of the types of the species.) Rio Nueces, Texas. Col. J. D. 

 Graham. 



PERCOPSIME. 

 Genus PEBOOPSIS Agassiz. 



74. Pcrcopsis gutf alias Agassiz. Trout-Perch. 



The middle United States southward to the Potomac 

 Biver, westward to Kansas, and northward at least 

 to the Hudson Bay region ; Great Lakes. 



The trout-perch spawns in spring ; it is frequently mis- 

 taken for a young salmon ; its maximum length ap- 

 pears to be about G inches. 

 10452. Lapointe, Lake Superior. J. W. Miiner. 



SALMONLIME. 



Genus OSMEEUS Linne. 



75. ©smerits mordax (Mitch.) Gill. Smelt; Erost-fish. 



* Atlantic coast of North America from Nova Scotia to 



Cape Hatteras, entering streams ; laud-locked in 

 many lakes, especially in New England, and running 

 into nearly intangible varieties. 

 This is a food-fish of great excellence ; the largest indi- 

 viduals we have seen were from lakes in Maine, their 

 length being more than one foot. 



32565. Lake Champlain, March, 1873. M. C. Edmunds. 

 15180. New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1875. J. R. Shotwell. 



