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faint brown spot below the lateral line : lower jaw 

 longer: dorsal fin streaked behind: tail forked, yel- 

 low at the base, brown in the middle, tip pale. 



Found in the Ohio and many other streams, reaches 

 over a foot in length sometimes : vulgar names Yellow 

 bass, Gold bass, Yellow perch. Streaked-head, &c. 

 Fins olivaceous: dorsal hardly depressed in the mid- 

 dle with 24 rays, whereof 10 are spiny, hind part 

 with 3 brownish and longitudinal streaks. Anal fin 

 rounded with 13 rays, 3 of which are spiny, 2 short 

 and a long one. Pectoral fins nearly triangular and 

 acute, 16 rays. Thoracics 6. Tail 2, very broad, 

 forks divaricate nearly lunulate. Eyes small black, 

 iris brown. Lateral line following the back. Diame- 

 ter less than one fourth of the length. 



14th Species. Brown River-bass. Lepomis flexu- 

 olaris. Lepome flexueux. 



Olivaceous brown above, sides with some trans- 

 versal and flexuose olive lines, belly white : lateral 

 line nearly straight flexuose: spine broad acute, 

 behind the base of the opercule, no appendage nor 

 spot, preopercule forked downwards: upper jaw 

 slightly longer: tail bilobed, base olive, middle 

 brown, tip white. 



A fine species, reaching the length of two feet, and 

 affording an excellent food. Common all over the 

 Ohio and tributary streams. Vulgar names. Black 

 Bass, Brown Bass, Black Pearch ; &c. Fins oliva- 

 ceous, dorsal with 23 rays, whereof 9 are spiny and 

 rather shorter: anal with 12 rays, whereof 2 are 

 spiny: pectorals trapezoidal, 16 rays. Branchial rays 

 uncovered. Iris brown. This fish might perhaps 

 form another subgenus, by the large mouth, head 

 without upper sutures, spine hardh^ decurrent, nearly 



