138 PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



TahJc of Measurements. 



Current number of si>ecinien 

 Locality 



21,403. 

 Ponsacola, Fla. 



Extreme lenjrth 



Length to origin of middle caudal rays 

 15ody : 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



Head : 



Greatest l.'nsth 



Gi'catest width 



"Width (it intirorbitalarea 



Leu.utli (it .snout 



Length (it (i]icnulmu 



Length (if uiipcijaw 



Len-th (if mandible 



Di.stanec iioni sudut to orbit 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (siiinons) : 



Distauee from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tirst spine 



Length of second spine 



Lenath of fourth or longest spine . 



Leni;th<d' last spme 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Length of tirst ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Leuglhof base 



Length of tirst spine 



Lengtli of second spine. 



Lengtli (if tliii-d sjiine 



Lengtli (if lirst rav 



Length (it bm-icst rav 



Length of last rav 



Caudal : 



Lenirth of middle ra vs 



Lenuth of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Di.stance from snout 



Millime- 

 tres. 



tooths ot 

 length. 



Leu-'.h 



Ventral : 



Distarce from snout 

 Length 



Eranchiostegals 



Dorsal .' 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



A entral 



Kumlier of scales in lateral line 



Zs r.mber of transverse rows above lateral line . 

 Kumber of transverse rows below lateral line . 



23. CENTRARCHIDJ^. 



52. Micropterus pallidus (Rafiucstnic) Gill & Jordan. — BlacJc Bass. 



According to Mr. Stearns this species enters the brackish and salt 

 waters of the Gulf of Mexico, whence he sends a specimen, Xo. 21,311, 



12 inches in len<>th. D. IX, I, 

 C. + 17 +. L. lat. 05 J L. trans. 



13; A. Ill, 10; P. II, 12; Y. I, 5 



