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FISHES. 



LIST OF FISHES, 



INHABITING THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; 



Sent to the New-York State Cabinet of Natural History, by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, in May, 1855. 



SUB-CLASS I. BONY FISH. 



ORDER I. SPINE-RAYED. 



FAMILY I. PERCIDiE. 



Labrax rtjfus, Dekay. Ruddy Bass. 



Dekay's New- York Fauna, pa. 9, pi. iii, f. 7. Sing-Sing, Croton river. 

 Brackest waters. (3.) S. F. Baird. 



Centropristes nigricans, Cuv. et Val. The Black Sea Bass. 



Dekay's New- York Fauna, pa. 24, pi. ii, f. 5. New- York bay. (2.) S. 

 F. Baird. 



BoLEOsoMA TEssELLATUM, Dckay. The Tessellated Darter. 



Dekay's New- York Fauna, pa. 20, pi. xx, f. 57. Hackensack river, near 

 Piermont. (2.) S. F. Baird. 



BoLEosoMA FTJSiFORME, Grirard. 



Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. V, 1854, pa. 41. Cedar swamp creek. Cape 

 May Co. (2.) S. F. Baird. 

 (New species, not noticed by Dekay.) 



PoMOTis vulgaris, Cuv. et Yal. The Common Pond-fish. 



Dekay's New-York Fauna, pa, 31, pi. li, f. 166. Sing-Sing, Croton 

 river (N. Y.). Fresh waters. (2.) S. F. Baird. 



PoMOTis vulgaris, Cuv. et Yal. The Common Pond-fish. 



Dekay's New- York Fauna, pa. 31, pi. li, f. 166. Fresh waters of the 

 State. (2.) S. F. Baird. 



PoMOTis appendix, Dekay. The Black-eared Pond-fish. 



Dekay's New- York Fauna, pa. 32. Sing-Sing, Croton river (N. Y.). 

 Fresh waters. (2.) S. F. Baird. 



