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NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



doubled anteriorly. The two dorsals are well separated, and the second, as well as the caudal 

 and anal, is in a great part covered with small scales. The lateral line is straight, and is 

 continued to the extremity of the caudal, which is slightly notched. There are four caecal 

 appendages to the pylorus, which is very near the cardiac orifice of the stomach. The coats 

 of the air-bladder are very thick, soft, and nacry. 



Fins.— D. 9/— 1/29; A. 1/13 ; C. 17; P. 16; V. 1/5. (Hist, des Poiss. *) 



* Mr. Drummond sent me an Otolithus from New Orleans (0. Drummondii nob.), which appears to be quite distinct 

 from regalis and Carolinensis, the only two species that are mentioned in the Histoire des Poissons as frequenting the coasts 

 of the United States. It is more slender than regalis, and considerably more so than Carolinensis, the height of the body 

 being little more than a sixth of the total length, excluding the caudal. In the length of the head, which is exactly one- 

 fourth of the whole length, including the caudal, it resembles Carolinensis and surpasses regalis. It differs from the latter 

 in having two distinct rows of small pointed teeth round the upper jaw, the outer row being more widely set. There is only 

 one canine tooth in our specimen, moderately long, slender, and very acute, but rendered very conspicuous by its whiteness. 

 Two very acute flat points, divided by a deep angular notch, show through the integuments of the operculum. The caudal 

 is rounded at the end, and the lateral line runs to the tip of the central rays. There are about sixty-six scales on the 

 lateral line, exclusive of the minute ones, which extend pretty far over the caudal : there are scarcely any scales perceptible 

 on the second dorsal and anal. The spine of the latter is small ; being slender and not above one-third of the height of 

 the soft ray which succeeds it. There are many small roundish blackish-brown spots on the back above the lateral line, 

 and on the second dorsal and caudal fins. The back appears to have been dark and the sides and belly silvery. The 

 labials and sub-orbitar bones have much nacry lustre. The total length of the specimen is eleven inches and a half, of 

 which the caudal fin occupies one inch and a half. The last ray of the ventral is divided into four branches to the base. 



Fins.— D. 9/— 1/25; A. 1/8; P. 16; V. 1/5; C. 17%. 



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