470 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



crease in the number of spines. Specimens of E. simulans with the same 

 numbers arc occasionally found. 



(i'j)<-ltinilin i riarcha Jonlau, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1877, 56; McKay, Proc. U. S. 

 Nai. Mns. l^si.j 



732. E. otK-siis (Baird) Gill. 



Iody oblong-ovate, elliptical. Scales large, little crowded. Dorsal 

 spines 2 in head, as long as from snout to posterior margin of eye. Anal 

 fin large; ventral spine not reaching vent, its first ray not reaching the 

 base of the last anal spine; caudal fin moderate, about as long as from 

 snout to middle of opercle; opercular spot rather large, more than half 

 the size of the eye, velvet black, bordered with purple. Eye 3| in head; 

 cheeks with four rows of scales. Color olivaceous, with 5-8 well-defined 

 dark cross-bars ; spots on body and fins purplish or golden ; cheek 

 with lines and spots ; a dark tar below eye. Head 2; depth 1*. D. 

 IX, 10; A. Ill, 10; scales 4-32-10; the pores developed usually on 

 about 20 scales, but sometimes on nearly all of them. L. 3 inches. 

 Massachusetts to Florida, abundant in sluggish streams near the coast. 



(Pomotis obexns Baird, 9th Smiths. Rcpt. 1^.11, U-J4: lin/ltus obcsus Girard, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Si-. Phila. K>i), 53; Jordan. Man. Vert. -Ji:>: llri/ttus faxciatus Holbrook, Journ. 

 Ai-ail. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 51 : Jlryttux faxviutu* GiiuthiT, i, 200; Cope, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. S,-i. Phila. Iti7d, C5: Ponotia guttatits Morris, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1851>.) 



733. E. gloriosus (Ilolbr.) Jor. 



Body oval, moderately compressed, the profile concave above eye. 

 Opercukir spot scarcely larger than pupil. Caudal about as long as 

 from snout to anterior margin of preopercle. Color olive-green, yellow- 

 Hi below, speckled above with golden; no vertical bands; fins rosy, 

 with golden spots,, often a dusky spot at base of caudal. Head 2); 

 depth U. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 10. L. 2;| inches. Maryland to Florida, 

 in clear sluggish streams. 



Hi-i/thix i/l:>ri<>xiix Hollir. .Iniiin. Arad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855. 51: Bnjttus gloriosus 

 Ciiiithi-r, i, -Jin; riil.'i-.V- l.n.^-'r. Fish. -s Maryland, ll'J.) 



731. E. ftlmnlana (Cope) M. K.I\. 



llody coiiipinatively 'longato. Mouth moderate, very oblique, the 

 maxillaiA reaching just past the front of orbit. Dorsal spines medium; 

 .volt I;I\N in the males somewhat elevated, reaching to or beyond (var. 

 l>i/i/iii/i f) the base of the caudal; the longest soft ray as long as from 

 snout to front of operelc, or (var. pinnitjcr} as long as head; fins in 

 females all lower; pectoral I'm reaching nearly to middle of anal. Eye 

 ."I in head. Lateral line usually, but not always, complete. Color dark 

 olive; young with traces of vertical darker liars; ear-flap small, with a 



