AMIA. AMIA. 



Generic Character, 



Caput osseum, nudum, sca- 

 brum, suturis conspicuum. 



Denies in mandibulis pala- 

 toque, acuti, conferti. 



Cirri nasales duo. 



Membr: branch: radiisduo- 



decim. 

 Corpus squamosum. 



Head bony, naked, rough, 

 with visible sutures. 



TeethhoXh in jaws and palate, 

 close-set, sharp, numer- 

 ous. 



Cirri or beards two, near 



the nostrils. 

 Gill'nmnbrajietwQlYQ'XSLyd, 



Body scaly. 



CAROLINIAN AMIA. 



Amia Calva. J, cauda macula nigra. Lin. Syst. Nat. p, 500. 

 Amia with a black spot at the base of the tail. 



This is a small fresh-water fish inhabiting some 

 parts of Carolina. The body is slender : the late- 

 ral line strait : on the throat are two shield-like 

 bones, striated from the centre : the gill-covers are 

 obstuse and bony : the head bare, as if excoriated : 

 the pectoral and ventral fins are of equal size : the 

 dorsal fin long and sloping : the tail rounded, and 

 marked with a black spot at the upper part of the 

 base. Described by Linnasus from a specimen 

 sent fi*om Carolina by Dr, Garden. 



