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large, tin 1 projecting snout usually forming an angle above eye. Mouth 

 quite small, oblique, the jaws about equal, the maxillary barely reach- 

 ing the front of the eye. Five rows of scales on cheeks. Opercular 

 Hap very short in the young; in the adult rather long and wide, without 

 pale edge.' dill -ralcers moderately long, nearly terete, bent slightly 

 downwards, about 30 well developed. Dorsal spines strong and high, 

 usually longer than snout and eye. Ventral fins reaching anal; pectorals 

 reaching past anal spines. Olive green ; adults dark; young more or 

 less silvery, with a purple lustre in life; sides with undulating, often 

 chain-like, transverse greenish bars, which become obsolete in the adult; 

 no blue stripes on cheeks; a diffuse black blotch at base of posterior 

 rays of dorsal and anal, often obscure in young; no red on fins; very 

 old specimens often with the belly coppery red. Head 3; depth 2. 1). 

 X, 11; A. Ill, 10; Lat, 1. 44. L. 8 inches. Great Lakes to Florida and 

 Mexico; very abundant; one of our most widely diffused and variable 

 species. 



(Labi-it* palhiilH* Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc.N. Y. 1815,407; Jordan, Man. Vert. 

 241: Labrun <ip)H-n<H.r Mitrhill, Amer. Month. May. '247, 1H1H (not Pomot'm appendix of 

 authors): Pomolis incinor 0. & V. vii,4!>o': Pomolis incisor Giinther, i, 'JS'.l; Iclit/iclix i>i- 

 cixnr I lolhrook, Ichth. S. C. 12 : Pomol'm fjibbomis C. & V. vii, 4(>7 : Fomotix x/ici-ioxux. and 

 af/iiilciiHiH B. &G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854,24: Pomotis spcctosus (Jiinthcr, i,2li:5: 

 r,,nn>h.-i limn (inl. ['. S. 1'ac. 1{. R. Snrv. Fish, x, 'J'J : Lcpomi* loni/ixpinix, ntci/alotix, and 

 ardi'-:i(icnx (.'ope, .Joiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. ISIH, -J-Jd, '2'J'J: Lrpmnii piirpiiriimrnx ('}, 

 Proc. Aincr. Phil. Sor. 1'hila. 1^70, -I"):;: I'omotix ubxntnix " Agassi/, Anicr. .lonrn. Sci. 

 Arts. I -."> !. :',(),': /,<)>ii>pinitx ubsciiniH Jordan, Ann. Ly'. Nat. Hist. 1876, 317, a deeply 

 colored variety, from the Tennessee Basiu. aiid south ward.) 



aa. Pharyngeal teeth mostly hlnntlj r conic. (Xyxtroplites} Jordan.) 



752. I Eaoros (B. & G.) McKay. 



Appearance of /,r/>.-///m- i)ttl!i;Inft. Body robust, deep; the front steep, 

 the projecting snout forming a considerable angle at the eye. Caudal 

 peduncle rather long. Mouth moderate. l\ve large. Scales on cheeks 

 in 1 or ."> rows. Opercular Hap broad, about as large as eye, with an 

 oian-e margin below and behind. Spines strong and rather hi.uh. 



"The life colors of " l.i iiniiiix ri/i.-,T/-/(.s" are a> 



l>.nk i^recii alxixe. the shoulders and t'roiil of hack with distinct 



s|iot>: sides with wide dark-green iiar.s ; chest i>riht eo]i|iery-red. spotted \\\i\\ black- 



ish and oranue ; sides of hell y wit h Idackish and carmine ; lace, lower jaw, and lo\\ er 

 IIIIIN ot' head ! a pi-r-nliar hri^ht leaden hlne; cheeks orange and lead-hlne. not 

 >tii|ied: operoular'apol lai^e. all hlack; vertical tins dark hlue-^reen ; a black spot 

 on last rays of dor>al and anal. 



tJurdan MSS Cope. I'r..,. \nier. Philos. Soc. 1S77, (id : type Xi/xlroplifrx yiUn Jor- 

 dan --- : Ilriilhix (ill'tilii* (int. (^uSrpor, a .sciaper gill-raker: urr,\ir?/i, armed.) 



