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spaces; upper fins chiefly black, mottled with orange and blue; lower- 

 lins dusky; a small black spot on last rays of dorsal; color in spirits 

 \er\ dark, the reddish shades becoming black; young with vertical 

 chains of spots. Head L*;| ; depth L'J. D. X, 10; A. Ill, 9; scales 

 G-40-12. L. 10 inches. Lake Michigan and Upper Mississippi Valley; 

 abundant. 



',/ ,x*<>]>i;t<x miltinops .Tor. Man. Vrrt. od. 1, 1876, 223, 317: Chccnobryttus gulosus Jor- 

 ilan. .Man. Vert. ed. 2, 1^7^, 2 i~ : Ch<cnobryttua gulosus Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 

 N. V. 1-7(5, 359, not Pomotis gulosus C. & V. ; McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas, 1881.) 



aa. Dorsal fin beginning behind the vertical of the base of tlio pectorals. 

 72O. C. $?8l9osus (C. & V.) Jor. War-mouth : Hc(1-eycd Bream. 



Very similar to the preceding; the body more compressed and more 

 elongate, the profile less steep. Scales of cheeks larger, in about 6-8 

 rows. Opercular spot smaller. Eye 4 in head. Dorsal beginning 

 behind base of pectoral ; pectoral short, barely reaching anal. Color in 

 life clear olive-green clouded with darker, usually without red or blue; 

 a dusky spot on each scale more or less distinct ; vertical fins mottled 

 with dusky; a faint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; 3 

 oblique dusky bars radiating from eye; belly yellowish. Head 21; 

 depth 2. D. X, 9 ; A. Ill, 8 ; scales 0-43-11. L. 9 inches. Virginia ' 

 to Texas ; abundant only southward. Close to the preceding, but dis- 

 tinguishable by the posterior insertion of the dorsal. 



(Poiiintix t/iilosu* Cuv. & Val. iii, 3G7, 1829 : CenlrarrliiisgHloftit* and ririflisC. & V. vii, 

 437, 4GO, 1H31: Ccntrai-clmx f/nloxux (Jiintlirr, i, 2.V: CaUiitriix Jhridcnsis Ilolbrook, Journ. 

 Acail. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1>r.:>, .".:^ : Jln/ltux jlorulcnxis Giinther, i,260 : Lepomis gillii Copr, 

 .Itiiirii. Arad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1888, 225: Chivnobryttim riridis Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 lli-l. N. Y. 1^7C., :',.;<: <'li<r>i<>l>ri/it,<x riridix .Ionian, Man. Yt-rt. od. 2, 238: CuUiiirux 

 iiirl,i,ii>/,x (Jirard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Stirv. x, 11 : Bryttm mclanops Guntber, i, 2!iO: Lc- 

 ]>:>inix flniri/liiHx Cone. Jouru. Arail. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1^08, 24.) 



217. ACANTHARCIIUS Gill. 



;ill. Aincr. Journ. Sri. Arts. IH:;J, 92 : typ<- Cntlrnrrlm* pomolix Baird.) 



I '.oily oblong, robust, not much compressed or elevated. Mouth not 

 vi-r\ lai-.u'e, the broad maxillary with a well developed supplemental 

 bone; lower ja\\ projecting. Teeth on vomer, palatines, pterygoids, 

 and ton-lie; lingual teeth in a single patch; pharyngeal teeth sharp. 

 (iill rakers l'e\v, rather Ion- and strong. Operele einarginate ; preoper- 

 ele entire. Scales cycloid, large. Lateral line complete. Dorsal spines 

 usually 11 ; anal spines 5; caudal fin r ...... ded behind. (axavOa, spine ; 



^ anus.) 



