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lafge, black, iris brown with a gold ring. Lateral line following 

 the back, straight near the tail. 



13th Species. Streaked-cheeks River-bass. J.efiomU tri' 

 fasciata. Lepome trifasciee. 



Whitish, crowded with unequal and irregular specks, of a 

 gilt olive colour, none on the belly: gill covers with 3 large ob- 

 lique streaks of ihe same colour: opercule without appendage, 

 spine acute, a faint brown spot below the lateral line: lower jaw 

 longer: dorsal fin streaked behind: tail forked, yellow at the baser- 

 Ijrown 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, See. Fins olivaceous: dorsal 

 hardly depressed in the middle with 24 rays, whereof 10 are 

 spiny, hind part with 3 brownish and longitudinal streaks. Anal 

 fin rounded with 1 3 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 lunu- 

 late. Eyes small black, iris brown. Lateral line following the 

 back. Diameter less than one ^ourth of the length. 



14th Species. Brown River-bass. I.cpomis Jlexuolari^l 

 Lepome flexueux. 



Olivaceous brown above* sidesxvith some transversal and flex- 

 uose olive lines, belly white: lateral line nearly straight flexuose: 

 spine broad acute, behind the base of the opercule, no appen- 

 dage nor spot, preopercule forked downwards: upper jaw slight- 

 ly 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; Sec. Fins olivaceous, dorsal with, 23 rays, whereof 9 

 are spiny and rather shorter: anal with 12 rays, whereof 2 are 

 spiny: pectorals trapesoidal, 16 rays. Branchial rays uncover- 

 ed. Iris brown. This fish might perhaps form another sub- 

 genus, by the large mouth, head without upper sutures, spine 

 hardly decurrent, nearly equal jaws, gill covers, lateral line, Sec ^ 

 Its tail and preopercule are somewhat like Calliurus. It might 

 be called A'emocam/isis, meaning flexuose Ime. Diameter one 

 fourth of the leneth. 



