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humeral scale, a black streak downward and forward from eye; opercles 

 mostly blade. Head 4; depth 5. D. XI-10; A. II, 7 ; scales 11-50-5. 

 L. li inches. Chickasuwha River, Mississippi. (Hay.} 

 Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua. 1880, 495.) 



occ. Cheeks, operclrs, and nape more or less scaly. 



&O. P. punctulatus Ag. 



Body elongate, compressed, the back not elevated. Head slender, 

 rather long and pointed, compressed. Mouth large, terminal, oblique, the 

 jaws about equal, the maxillary extending nearly to opposite middle of 

 ye. Scales quite small; a few imbedded scales on upper part of cheeks 

 and behind eye; neck mostly covered with small scales; throat naked. 

 Fins rather small, the pectorals short. Color, in life, not known; in 

 spirits, the sides of the body clouded or reticulated with darker; a con- 

 spicuous black humeral spot; first dorsal dark at base, then pale, with 

 a narrow dark border; the other vertical fins similarly colored, the dark 

 colors probably blue in life; females with the sides and fins speckled. 

 Head 4; depth 4. D. X-llj A. II, 7; scales 9-60-20. L. 2J inches. 

 Missouri to Texas. 



(Agassiz, Amor. Journ. Sci. Arts, \ft~>\, 304: IMeiclifliy* whifplci Oirarcl, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1K>9, 101: Nothonotus punctulatus Agassiz, Bull. Mns. Corup. Zool. i, 3, 

 1863.) 



8O9. P. artcsaa; Hay. 



Body elongate, compressed. Head large. Mouth large, terminal, 

 nearly horizontal, the lower jaw slightly included; maxillary reaching 

 to opposite front of pupil. Palatine teeth in a broad band. Eye equal 

 to snout, 4i in head. Cheeks entirely covered with small scales; oper- 

 cles with large scales; scales along back very small. Lateral line ex- 

 tending to end of second dorsal, on about 45 scales. Dorsals contig- 

 uous; lirst dorsal as long as head, its height less than half its length; 

 soli dorsal considerably higher; anal a little over half length of head; 

 pectorals reaching tips of ventrals, much smaller than in /'. ctri-ulcu*. 

 Yellowish olive, with transverse oblique bars of darker, and sprinkled 

 v.itli small blotches of carmine; peetorals and ventrals dull blue; dor- 

 sals with a broad hand of carmine along their middle, bordered on each 

 side by orange; tips of dorsals dull blue, as is the base of the soft dor- 

 sal : lase of spinons dorsal with several carmine spots; anal mostly 

 crimson, tipped with blue; caudal blue, then orange, carmine orange, 

 and tipped with blue; a black humeral scale. Head ,'Vf; depth 5. D. 



