84. CENTRARCHID.E LEPOMIS. 481 



Pectoral fins long. Olivaceous, plain in spirits; belly silvery; cheeks 

 not striped; usually a faint spot on last rays of dorsal, and sometimes 

 of anal also. Head 2f ; depth 2. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 11; scales 5-39-15. 

 Texas; one specimen known ; distinguishable from Lepomis pallidus only 

 by the blunt teeth. 



(Pomolis heros Baird & Girard, Proc. Aead. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1854, 25: Pomoiis Jicros 

 Grd. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. IclitL. 6: Xystroplit'es heros Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 

 244.) 



753. L.. cua-yoi'iis McKay. 



Body very robust, compressed; form nearly oval; dorsal outline 

 more convex than ventral; profile steep, convex. Mouth oblique, 

 small; maxillary reaching front of eye. Outer teeth stronger than 

 others; teeth on front of palatines. Lower pharyugeals with the rather 

 long posterior spur turned up, stoutish ; the inner angle rounded, some- 

 what obtuse. Teeth stout, very much blunted, not close set; the inner 

 considerably stronger and less blunt than the rest. Gill rakers short, 

 stout, about eight in number, the inner surface roughened. Maxillary 

 with a small but perfectly distinct supplemental bone. Eye very small, 

 considerably less than length of snout. Scales on cheeks in 6-7 rows. 

 Opercular flap nearly as long as snout, surrounded by a very broad, 

 paler, membranous margin; scales on the opercle large, in 5 rows. 

 Dorsal spines low, the longest as long as from snout to eye; much 

 lower than soft rays. Caudal peduncle and fin short and broad; ven- 

 trals and pectorals short, reaching vent. Scales on breast larger than 

 those on cheeks. Head 3f ; depth 2f. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; scales 6- 

 43-14. L. 6 inches. Lake Huron ; one specimen known. 



(McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 89.) 



'754. It. allmBBis (Grd.) McKay. 



Body elongate, rather deep mesially. Caudal peduncle rather elon- 

 gate. Snout projecting, forming an angle above eye. Mouth wide, 

 the lower jaw projecting; maxillary reaching just past front of pupil. 

 Eye as long as opercular flap, 4 in head ; flap moderate, broad, with a 

 very wide pale edge below and behind. Dorsal spines moderate, as 

 long as snout and half of orbit. Five rows of scales on cheek. Lower 

 pharyugeal teeth blunt, almost paved. Light olive, uniform in spirits; 

 traces of dusky mottlings on last rays of dorsal and anal. Head 2i; 

 depth 2. D.X, 10; A. Ill, 9; scales 0-42-13. L. 5 inches. Florida to 



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