84. CENTRARCHIDJS LEPOMIS. 479 







opercles; opercular flap very small, immargined. Eye large; a slight 

 angle in front of the eye. Gill-rakers unknown. Mouth moderate, 

 placed very low; the premaxillaries entirely below the eye; maxillary 

 extending back to the middle of the pupil. Dorsal spines moderate, 

 the last ones somewhat shortened. Anal fin large; pectorals and ven- 

 trals reaching anal. Scales of cheek in 5 rows. Light brown; fins 

 pale, unspotted. Scales of belly and sides dotted with golden orange. 

 Head 2f; depth 2. D. X, ; A. Ill, ; scales 5-!-ll. L. 4 inches. 

 (Agassiz.) Tennessee Kiver. Known to us from the original descrip- 

 tion and from a tracing of a drawing received from Professor Bliss. 

 (Pomotisbombifrona Agassiz, Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, 1854, 303.) 



aaa. Supplementary maxillary obsolete ; gill-rakers slender, rather stiff.. (Hellopcrca* 

 Jordan.) 



d. Palatine teeth present. 



750. li. histniBas (Grd.) Cope. Bed-spotted Sunfish. 



Body oblong. Scales large. Spines rather high. Profile not very 

 steep. Eye 3 in head ; mucous pores on head very large ; opercular 

 flap rather long, broad, with a very broad red margin which entirely 

 surrounds the black. Gill-rakers rather long, blunt, 8-10, well de- 

 veloped; cheeks with about 5 rows of scales. Bluish, with conspicuous 

 greenish spots and mottlings posteriorly ; sides with many conspicuous 

 round salmon-red spots; usually a faint black spot on last rays of 

 dorsal; belly and lower fins red. Head 2f ; depth 2. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 

 9; scales 5-34-11. L. 3 inches. Kentucky to Kans.is and Texas; lo- 

 cally abundant; a small, highly-colored "species. 



(Bryttm Tiumiliii Girard, Pmc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, 201; Girard, U. S. Pac. 

 R. R. Snrv. Fish. 1858, 21: Lepomis aiiagallinus Cope, Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1868, 221: Lepomis anagallinus Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 3, 240: ? Bryttus oculatus\ Cope, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. .1865, 83: ? Lepomis oculatus Cope, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1868. 221. 



M. Palatine teeth none ; a black blotch on last rays of dorsal. 



751. L. paJMdlis (Mitch.) Gill & Jor. Blue Sunfish; Copper-nosed Bream; Dol- 



lar dec. 



Body comparatively short and deep, compressed ; the young slender, 

 the adult nearly orbicular. Caudal peduncle rather slender. Head not 



* Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876,355: type Labrus pallidus Mitch, 

 sun : TcepMT?, perch. ) 



t L. oculatus Cope. 



Similar to L. Inimilis, but the body deeper, the caudal peduncle and fin forming 

 but one-third of the length. Head short; opercnlar flap long, with a black spot as 

 large as eye, surrounded by a broad pale margin; body without red spots. Depth 2-J-. ' 

 Scales 5-32-11. L. 3. (Cope.) Minnesota. 



