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pale, almost white, with a few dusky markings along the side. Run- 

 ning along each side of both the dorsals and of the anal there is a scar- 

 let streak. The dorsal spines are low and slender, and the gill-rakers 

 short. 

 Lepomis fallax is doubtless a form of L. megalotis. 



19. Apomotis cyaiiellus (Raf.) Jor. — Blue-spotted Sunfish. 



A number of line specimens of this fish were captured at Memphis, 

 and others at Jackson. 



20. Chaenobryttus gulosus (C. & V.) Jor. — Black Sunjish. 



Abundant everywhere. From the Mississippi at Memphis and Vicks- 

 burg, the Big Black at Edwards and Vaughan's, the Pearl at Jackson, 

 and the Yalabusha at Grenada. 



21. Micropterus salmoides (Lac.) Henshall. — Large-mouthed Black Bass, "Trout. 7 ' 

 An abundant fish everywhere. The young are found in every pond. 



Specimens were obtained at the same localities as the preceding. 



I have never succeeded in finding in the South a specimen of the 

 small-mouthed black bass, Micropterus dolomieu Lac. 



APHREDODERID.^. 



22. Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams) DeK. — Pirate perch. 



This was found to be a rather common fish at most of the localities 

 visited. Specimens are in the collections from Memphis, Yicksburg, 

 Jackson, and Vaughan's. 



SCLENIDvE. 



23. Haploidonotus grunniens Raf. — White rerch, Drum Grunter. 



Specimens of this species were secured at Vicksburg only. Evi- 

 dences of its occurrence at Jackson were obtained. I have seen it cap- 

 tured by a fisherman at Demopolis, Ala., at the confluence of the Black 

 Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers. It is esteemed as one of the best food- 

 fishes. 



ATHERIXDI^. 



24. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. — Hirer Silrerside. 



This curious fish has representatives in my collections from the Mis- 

 sissippi at Memphis, the Big Black at Edwards, the Pearl at Jackson, 

 the Yalabusha at Grenada, and the Chickasawha at Enterprise. It is, 

 therefore, probably distributed from Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. 



25. Menidia audena,* sp. nov. 



In form and appearance much like Menidia 7iotata, but with a broader, 

 flatter head and a narrowed lateral silvery band. 

 Head in the length of the body to the caudal 4£ times. Diameter of 



"An abridgment of this description will be found in Jordan & Gilbert's Synopsis 

 Pishea N. A., p. 906. 



