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Another marine cat fish, Hexanenmtichthys felis (Linnaeus), 

 which may occur on the coast, has never yet been definitely 

 recorded. 



Galeichthys niarinus De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Zool. Fishes, IIT 

 1842, p. 178. 



Aihirichthys marinus Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, 

 p. 341.— Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 826. 



Mlunichthys marinus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 

 150, from Baird. 



Genus Ameiurus Rafinesque. 



The Horned Pout. 



Key to the species. / 



a. Caudal forked or deeply emarginate. catus 

 aa. Caudal rounded. 



b. Mental barbels white. natalis prosthistius 



bb. Mental barbels all dusky. nebulosus 



Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus). 

 White Cat Fish. Cat Fish. Big Cat Fish. River Cat Fish. 



Head 4}^ ; D. 7 ; A. 22 ; P. 1 1 ; V. 8 ; caudal 10 ; branchiostegals 

 10. Body wide anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Back ele- 

 vated. Head widened, flattened. Eyes prominent. A pair of 

 nasal barbels, and 4 mandibulars. Teeth in jaws small, moveable, 

 cardiform, with slender curved tips. Anterior nostrils somewhat 

 tubular, posterior linear. Skin smooth. First dorsal somewhat 

 elevated and rounded. Second dorsal adipose. Anal long, 

 rounded. Caudal deeply emarginate, lobes rounded. Pectoral 

 small. Ventral very small. First ray of dorsal and pectoral 

 strongly osseous, with denticles, and hidden in skin. All fins very 

 thick. Color grayish-white, sometimes coppery, and a little more 

 colored upon the back with tints of gray. Fins of a reddish color, 

 adipose fin brownish. Iris yellowish-green. Length 15 inches. 

 Delaware River. (Le Sueur.) 



