85. PERCID^E PCECILICHTHYS. 519 



6-47-7, the tubes of the lateral line on about 35 scales. L. 3 inches. 

 Chickamauga River, Georgia. 



(Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 1878, 227; Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 

 59, 1878.) 



ee. Lateral line forming a slight curve above the pectorals; dorsals subequal ; dorsal 



spines 9 or 10. (Boleichthys* Grd.) 

 g. Cheeks scaly. 



815. P. IbMtBeB'naEBMS Hay, (sp. nov.). 



Body elongated, contracted behind ventral fins; dorsal region ele- 

 vated. Mouth horizontal, small ; maxillary extending to opposite 

 anterior edge of pupil. Opercles with 2 rows of scales along lower 

 edge; cheeks densely scaled; lateral line ruiming high, extending to 

 opposite end of anterior dorsal, on 18 scales. Pale greenish, yellow 

 below; above and on sides much mottled with brown; about 10 square 

 blotches along back ; a dark spot on opercle, one behind and one below 

 eye; a streak on snout between eyes; dorsals with dark markings; a, 

 red streak along margin of spiuous dorsal; anal fin nearly white; cau- 

 dal barred. Head 4 in length; depth 5f. Eye 3 in head. Caudal 

 peduncle 3f in body. D. IX-11; A. II, fi; scales 3-44-12. Black 

 River, Mississippi. (Hay MSS.) 



816. P. feaa-raUi (Holbr.) J. & G. 



Body comparatively short, chubby and compressed. Head rather 

 large. Mouth large, oblique ; the jaws equal, the teeth rather strong. 

 Eye large, 3 in head. Scales large, varying in number. Lateral line 

 beginning at the eye, arched high over the pectorals and ceasing about 

 midway of the body, developed on about 20 scales. Opercular spine 

 strong. Dorsal fins moderate, about equal, separated by an interspace. 

 Color greenish, with dark specks; fins mottled; a dark line downward 

 and one lorward from eye; a series of rather small greenish blotches 

 along each side and on the back. Head 3f ; depth 4f. D. X-12; A. 

 II, 7; lateral line 45-55. L. 2 inches. Maryland to Illinois and south- 

 ward ; chiefly in streams of the lowlands. 



(Bolt'osoma barratti Holbr. Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 56: Hololepls barratti 

 Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 233: Hololcpu barratti Vaillant, 1. c. 127: Bo- 

 Icichthya dcyans Jordan, Amer. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 308: Bolcicltthys cJcf/ans 

 Jordan, Man. Vert. 404, and probably of Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 

 104.) 



* Boleichihys Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 103: type Boleiclithys exilig 

 Grd. (/Jo/Us, dart; z'^Oi;?, lish.) 



