85. PERCID^E ULOCENTRA. 495 



spines ; anal smaller than second dorsal, with two well-developed spines, 

 the first the longer. Small species, rather brightly colored. (Woe, com- 

 plete; xsvrpov, spine; the development of the anal spines distinguishing 

 it from Boleosoma.) 



a. Lateral line incomplete. 



772. U. pBsDox (Cope) J. & G. 



Vermillion red, with faint small brown dorsal spots; a series of similar 

 blue spots along the lateral line. Spiuous dorsal with a dark blue bor- 

 der; second dorsal with a dark shade; caudal cross-barred. Body rather 

 stout. Head compressed. Mouth terminal, the premaxillaries freely 

 protractile ; opercnlar spine strong. Cheeks and opercles naked. Breast 

 and neck scaleless or nearly so. Scales rather large, the belly scaled 

 like the sides. Gill-membranes not described. Lateral line straight, 

 reaching middle of second dorsal. Anal fin small, other fins large. D. 

 X-12; A. II. 5; scales 5-52-8. L. 2 inches. Trinity Biver, Texas. (Cope.) 



(Boleosoma phlox Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvii, 30, 1880.) 



773. U. sftagmsea Jordan. Specie. 



Body slender, formed as in Boleosoma. Head narrow and thin, the 

 snout somewhat pointed, obliquely truncate in profile. Mouth narrow, 

 horizontal, subinferior, its cleft nearly reaching eye; premaxillaries little 

 protractile. Lateral line extending to opposite middle of second dorsal. 

 Scales rather large. Opercles, cheeks, and neck scaly; breast naked. 

 Gill-membranes not very broadly joined; opercular spine sharp. Fins 

 rather large; caudal emarginate. Olivaceous, tessellated and speckled 

 above; sides with about 8 W shaped dark green blotches below the lat- 

 eral line and various duller ones above; upper parts in the larger speci- 

 mens sprinkled with small orange spots, which are more conspicuous 

 after death, when the green has faded. Fins mottled; spinous dorsal 

 with a band of orange-red above, and one or two narrow dark ones below 

 it. A dark stripe forward and another downward from eye. Head 4| ; 

 depth 5. D. X-12 ; A. II, 7 ; scales 5-46-7. L. 2 inches. Georgia to 

 Louisiana; rather common in the ponds and streams of the hill country. 



( Eoleosoma stigmceum Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 311.) 



aa. Lateral line complete. 



774. U. atrapaBUBis Jordan. 



Body rather short, somewhat compressed behind. Head extremely 

 short and deep, the snout very short and abruptly rounded, as in Dip- 

 lesium. Eye large. Mouth small, with equal jaws. Cheeks and oper- 



