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The dorsal fin arises somewhat abruptly, and attains its 
greatest height on.a line posterior to the middle point. 
Pectorals fan-shaped ; the left the smaller. 
Ventrals moderate, their extremities just reaching the 
anal fin. 
Anal commences about on a line with the middle of the right 
pectoral. Its anterior rays as well as those of the dorsal pre- 
sent the appearance of being scaled ; the posterior rays, on 
the contrary, much more delicate. 
The caudal is rounded when expanded, the outer rays 
-being the shortest. — E 
D. 75. P.13. V.6. A.56. C.16. Length about 7 
inches. : 
With the exception of one specimen at Red Bay, this 
species was met with only at Bras d'Or, where it is very 
abundant, inhabiting however a far different region from the 
plana, just mentioned. Instead of sheltered bays and harbors, 
it delights in the surf of the open beaches exposed to the 
waves of the whole Gulf, and is here taken in great numbers 
at the drawing in of the herring seines. 
95. Lumevs AwcLognvux Will. 
Mentioned by Fabricius among the fishes of Greenland ; 
ranges from New York to Maine. Found it plenty at Bras 
d'Or, and sparingly at Red Bay, where I captured a large 
specimen with my hand, as it adhered to a rock. We also 
caught small specimens in abundance, that I am inclined to 
think must belong to this species, with the hand-net, adhering 
to masses of sea-weed off Nova Scotia. 
96. Anau Bosrowiewsis De Kay. 
Of this species, which has hitherto ranged from New York 
. to Massachusetts, I observed a fine specimen lying in a wig- 
wam on the western shore of the Gut of Canso. In a little 
JOURNAL B, S. N. H. 35 OCT. 1850. 
