Storer^s Description of a new Marginella. 



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GaSTEROSTEUS MAINENSIS. 



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Color yellowish, with transverse black bands. Seven 

 spines anterior to the dorsal fin. 



The length of this fish is about two inches. Its general 

 color is on the sides yellowish, beneath silvery. Several 

 black bands, varying in their width, commencing at the 

 operculum and terminating at the tail, cross it transversely 

 from the dorsal fin to the abdomen. Seven spines exist 

 upon the back, that next the dorsal fin is larger than the 

 others. Eyes large. Nostrils bordering upon the upper 

 angle of the eye. Mouth moderate in size. Teeth 

 prominent- One broad, oblong, serrated plate, almost 

 hidden by the pectoral fin when expanded, is observed 

 upon the side. Ventral fin serrated upon its upper edge. 

 The fin rays are, 



D 7—10. P 10. V 1. A 1—8. C 8. 



Taken fi-ora firesh water in Kennebeck County, State 

 of Maine. 



ART. XXIV.— DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF 

 MARGINELLA. Br D. Humphreys Storer, M. D. Read 

 Feb. 1st, 1837. 



Marginella carnea. 



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Plate X. Fig. 2. 



M. Testa ovato-oblonga, rubrd ; viltA transversi albid^ ; spiri brevi 



conicA, obtusd; apertur& angustati ; labro crasso, albo; coIuraell4 

 quadriplicata. 



Shell oblong, of a teautiful flesh color ; below the 



whirl 



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