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AMERICAN FISHES. 



omjt above, the number of rays in the various fins. They are as fol 

 lows: 



First dorsal twelve branched rays, second dorsal adipose, pectorals 

 fifteen, ventrals ten, anal nine, and caudal twenty-one perfect, besides 

 several rudimental branched rays ; in all of which it differs from the 

 Namaycush. It is, I think, on the whole, a bluer and less distinctly 

 spotted fish than the Namaycush. 



As a sporting fish, it is, Tarn of opinion, of small value ; but as an 

 article of cuisine — he is valuable, or rather, and that not hyperboli- 

 eally, invaluable. 



