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teeth on vomer and front of palatines. Gill-rakers moderate, 9 or 10 de- 

 veloped. Supplemental maxillary scarcely appreciable. Eye equal to 

 interorbital width. Cheeks with 7 rows of scales. Spiuons dorsal rather 

 high, the longest spine about as long as from tip of snout to pupil; pec- 

 torals short, scarcely reaching vent. Scales small, reduced on breast. 

 Dark greenish; a black spot on dorsal as in L. cyanelhis. Head 2| ; 

 depth 3. D. X, 10; A. Ill, 9; scales 7-42-15. Texas. 



(CaUinrus muriniis Oil. U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 1858, 18, pi. 7, fig. 1; flu- other 

 specimens examined by Girard belong to L. cyancllus : Bri/ttus murinun Giinthor, i, 

 21 ill; .McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus. 1881,88.) 



744. L. ptBBictatus (Cuv. &. Val.) Jor. 



Lody deep, compressed, the profile steep; an angle above the eye. 

 Mouth moderate; maxillary reaching past anterior margin of eye; sup- 

 plemental maxillary present, small. Palatine teeth present. Gill-rakers 

 rather long, stiff, and strong. Opercular flap small, short, and deep, 

 shorter than eye. Eye large, 4 in head. Scales on the cheeks in 7 

 rows. Dorsal spines high, the middle ones highest, nearly as long as 

 snout and orbit. Olivaceous, with numerous small deep brown spots, 

 smaller than pin-heads, resembling tly-specks; these are most distinct 

 on the lower part of the sides, where they form lines along the rows of 

 scales, and on the opercles; sometimes they cover the whole body. Fins 

 plain dusky. Uead 3; depth 1$. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; scales 0-40-13. 

 L. "> inches. Streams of Florida; a handsome species, known at sight 

 by the peculiar coloration. 



(Hryltm pniH-t(itn* anil ri'1i<-u1atit8 Cnv. & Val. vii, 402; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mns. ii, JJ1. L879: I.<i>n u plains Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1877,0.".: /.,/>i- 

 Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 25, 1877.) 



7 15. L.. BBiiaaialus Jordan. 



IJody oblong and somewhat regularly elliptical. Mouth rather large. 

 Operenlar Hap short and broad, entirely black. Scales of elieek in 

 4 series. Kve large, :\.\ in head. Gill-rakers shortish, but still' and 

 rough. Palatine teeth present. Dorsal spines rather long, as long as 

 from snout to posterior edge of pupil. Pectorals long. Color dark, a 

 scarlet spot on each scale, toi miug red longitudinal stripes; a dusky 

 mark on each >ide of each red spot; belly largely orange red: tins dark; 

 110 dorsal spot; iris red. Head L >: , { ; depth L'l. 1). X, 10; A. 111,9; 

 scales 1-10-11. L. 4 inches. Alabama to Texas;, not rare; a small, 

 brightly colored species. 



(Jordan, Bull. U. S. .Nat. Mns. x, 20/1877.) 



