85. PERCID^E VAILLANTIA. 493 



(id. Body robust, compressed ; fins very high. 



e. Second dorsal with 13 rays; lateral line about 40. 



767. B. cffaBlgeflDS (Grd.) Cope. 



Body rather slender; caudal peduncle not contracted ; opercular spines 

 ruditneutal ; muzzle abruptly decurved. Eye of in Lead. Fins very 



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high; caudal very much rounded; venfals reaching anal; pectorals 

 still longer. Color brown, with traces of nine spots on the side; muzzle, 

 chin, and spot below the eye black ; fins black, the second dorsal and 

 caudal with white specks. Head 44-; depth 6^. D. IX-13; A. II, 8; 

 scales 5-40-0. L. 2 inches. Maryland to Korth Carolina. (Cope.) 



(Arlhta effulgent Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 64; Cope, Proc. Am. 

 Philos. Sue. 1870, 239.) 



ec. Second dorsal with 10 rays; lat. 1. about 35. 



768. 15. vexMBai'e Jordan. 



Body rather short imd stout ; caudal peduncle not contracted ; 

 opercular spine moderately developed ; space in front of dorsal fin 

 naked; mnzzle moderately decurved; eye moderate. Second dorsal 

 very high, higher than long; pectorals and veutrals long, nearly reach- 

 ing anal. Coloration olivaceous, the sides with traces of vertical bars; 

 first dorsal, veutrals, and anal black ; second dorsal and caudal strongly 

 barred with pale in fine pattern; head black in the male; lateral line 

 complete. Dead 4; depth 4f. D. VIII-10; A. I, 7; scales 4-35-6. 

 L. 2| inches. Eappahaunock River, Warrenton, Va. ; a single speci- 

 men known. 



(Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18SO, 237.) 

 rt. Dorsal spines 7. 



769. B. Ecsopras Cope. 



Body stout, the back rather elevated ; the caudal peduncle somewhat 

 contracted; muzzle somewhat decurved; mouth terminal. Dorsal fins 

 much elevated. Color light brown, with six small dark dorsal spots, 

 and ten similar small spots along the dorsal line; a bar around muzzle 

 and one below eye. D. VII-14; A. 10; scales 5-47-8. L. 2 inches. 

 Loyalsoc Creek, a tributary of Allegheny Eiver. (Cope.} One speci- 

 men known, perhaps an accidental variation. 



(Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1.S70, '270.) 



255. yAILLArSTIA Jordan. 



(Jordan, Bull. U. S Nat. Mus. xii, 89, 1878; type BoU-osoma camnrum Forbes.) 



This genus agrees with Boleosoma in all respects, except that the 

 lateral line is incomplete, usually ceasing near the middle of the body. 

 (To Leon Vaillaut, author of an excellent monograph of these fishes.) 



