84 ICHTHYOLOGIA OHIENSIS 



VIII Genus. Barbot. Pogostoma, Barbotte. 



Body oval, compressed. Head small, jaws equal, 

 without teeth, but with lips and six barbs, two to 

 each lip and two to the lower jaw: opercule smooth, 

 rounded. Two distant dorsal fins. 



A fine genus next to Dipterodon and Cheilodipterus; 

 it be- [II. 55] [?j] longs to the family of Labrides, 

 and is distinguished from all the other genera by its 

 barbs. The real name means bearded mouth. It 

 was the loth genus of my prod, of 70 new genera. 



20th species. White-eyes Barbot. Pogostoma 

 leucops. Barbotte ceuilblanc. 



Brown, with five black curved streaks, two on each 

 side and one on the back, lateral line curved joining 

 the lower streaks : whitish beneath ; a row of trans- 

 versal lunulate, geminate and black lines, between 

 the two lateral streaks, six similar ones on the gill 

 cover: a large white and round patch surrounding 

 the eyes: tail forked: vent posterior. 



A beautiful fish: shape of sunfish: length some- 

 times twelve inches and weight one pound. It is 

 found in the lower part of the Ohio and in the Mis- 

 sissippi ; but is a rare fish. It has great many vulgar 

 names, such as White-eyes, Spectacles-fish, Streaked 

 Sunfish, Black Sunfish, Barbot, Bearded Sunfish, &c. 

 and the French settlers call it Barbotte, Poisson 

 lunette, and CEuil blanc. It does not bite the hook, 

 and is only taken with the seine. The row of lunu- 

 lated lateral lines have the convexity towards the 

 head and extend through the tail. The two dorsal 

 fins are short and trapezoidal, anal fins very small. 

 Pectoral long. Thoracic under their hind part. 

 Convexity of the three pairs of lines on the opercule, 



