, T Ed 
* E^ 3 dm | 
350 Fishes of the Ohio 3 
Observations. From the above description, we 
should expect to find the colorings more brilliant than 
any Ihave seen. Through inadvertence the eyes in 
our figure are represented as circular, — they should 
have been oblong, —as in all the other species of this 
genus.  'This fish is common at Cleveland; but is 
very little esteemed for food. 
Pe CORVINA. Cuv. 
C. oscula. Le Suéut- The White Poi Á res T 
Ohio River. , d 
jaar pie? Cuv. et Valene, Histoire Nat. d Poisons E 
Li 
Coin o Mie Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana. due 
P. 
PA oiled Le Sueur, Journ. Aia. Nat. Sciences. Vol. Il. 
the Zool. of Ohio. pp. 168, T fae oe 
n. Acad. Nat, Sciences. Vol. IL p..254. y i 
-Amplodom grunniens. Raf. Ichth. Ohien& p. 24. n 
. Plate VI. Fig. 3. 7 E 
Le Biain s description of this species, we copy 5 / 
entire. 2 
E * S, oscula. Second dorsal long, elevated; equal 
- tail short; neck prominent ; scales soft. 2 
sat Bow sub-elliptic, compressed uci the back, , 
broader at the abdomen ; back rectilinear ; d 
head much declining ; snout uL oon a little 
prominent, with three small openings at the end; 
— mouth very small, horizontal, having the superior 
-— maxillaries and the inferior jaws concealed under the 
inferior corners of the nostrils; teeth very small - 
conie, the exterior series a little stronger, . those ef 
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