. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 63 eye placed low on side of head; dorsal rays i,7, situated far forward, the spine terminating in a long filament; pectoral spine ending similarly; anal rays 23. Color: dusky above, silvery below. (Jelis, cat.) This sea cat-fish ranges from Massachusetts to Texas, being common in the South Atlantic and Gulf States in salt and brackish water; it also enters fresh water, such as the western end of Albemarle Sound, where it is recognized by the fishermen as a straggler from salt water and called "silver cat-fish"
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 63 eye placed low on side of head; dorsal rays i,7, situated far forward, the spine terminating in a long filament; pectoral spine ending similarly; anal rays 23. Color: dusky above, silvery below. (Jelis, cat.) This sea cat-fish ranges from Massachusetts to Texas, being common in the South Atlantic and Gulf States in salt and brackish water; it also enters fresh water, such as the western end of Albemarle Sound, where it is recognized by the fishermen as a straggler from salt water and called "silver cat-fish" It is prob- ably ovoviviparous. The food value of the species is slight. Genus GALEICHTHYS Cuvier & Valenciennes. Sea Cat-fishes. A numerious genus of marine cat-fishes, only one species inhabiting United States waters. Mouth comparatively small, the lower jaw shorter; teeth in patches on vomer and palatines; dorsal fin short and high; anal fin short; caudal deeply forked. (Galeichthys, weasel-fish.) 31. GALEICHTHYS MILBEBTI (Cuvier & Valenciennes). "Cat-fish"; "Sea Oat-fish"; Small-mouthed Cat (S. C). Arius milberti Cuvier & Valenciennes, xv, 74,1840; New York; Charleston. Ariopsis â¢milherti, Yarrow, 1877, 216; Beaufort. , Ariopsis felis, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 385; Beaufort. Galeichthys felie, Jordan, 1886, 26; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 8S; Beaufort. Haranematichthys felis, Jordan & Evermann, 1896,128, pi. ixiii, fig. 53. Galeichthys milberti, Jordan & Evermann, 1900, 3196. Linton, 1905, 349; Beaufort, Diagnosis.âBody elongate, depth .2 total length; head small, depressed, rather more than .25 total length; mouth small, maxillary barbel nearly as long as head; dorsal rays i,7; anal rays 16; caudal deeply forked. Color: steel blue above, silvery sides and belly. (Named after the French naturalist, Milbert.). Fig. 16. Sea Cat-fish. Galeichthys milberti. â This species is found along the entire coast of the United States south of
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