OF THE UNITED STATES. & 



compressed towards the tail, which is high, with a 

 short and truncated fin. Dorsal fin about twice its 

 height in length. Pectoral middle sized, placed 

 about mid-way between the eye and the abdomen. 

 Eyes large, placed near the summit of the head, and 

 approaching the point of the snout, which is cunei- 

 form sei'n in profile, fiat, and wide seen from above. 

 Opercnlm large, and open in all its length as far as 

 immediately under the eye. The opening of the 

 mouth very small. The teeth of the jaws small, 

 curved, and closed, moveable, and forming a single 

 range in each jaw ; the upper jaw as in the Lebias, 

 appearing to be formed by the intermaxillary bone. 

 Inferior maxillary bones projecting forward, and dis- 

 posed in an horizontal line. Head flat, and as well 

 as the gill-covers, the snout, and the sides of the 

 body, covered with large scales. The scales them- 

 selves are middle sized, rounded, and concentrically 

 lined. 



Color a deep brown- red. 



B. 4 to 5.— A. 16.— D. 14.—V. 6.— A. 9.—C. 26. 

 This small species, of which the individual above 

 described, measured one and a half inches, was 

 brought in the collections of Messrs. Maclure, Ord, 

 and Say, from East Florida, and is indigenous to the 

 rivers of that country. 



Genus. — LEBIA. Cuvier. 



Character similar to Poecilia, with the exception 

 of branchia of 5 rays, and denticulated teeth. 



