Jordan and R~oermann. — Fishes of North America. 997 



1392. APOMOTIS ISCHYRUS (Jordan & Nelson). 



Head 2j; depth 2^ ; eye 4^ in bead, smaller than opercular spot. D. IX 

 or X, 12 ; A. Ill, 9 or 10. Scales 5-46-14, 6 rows on cheek. Form of Lejwmis 

 pallidits. Body robust, rather elevated; mouth wide, the maxillaries 

 reaching middle of orbit ; supplemental maxillary bone well developed. 

 Palatine teeth present. Occiput prominent ; top of head Hat and short, 

 forming an angle with the descending profile. Fins high; dorsal spines 

 rather low and strong, the longest ecjual to distance from tip of snout to 

 middle of orbit ; opercular fiap large, entirely surrounded by a broad 

 pale edge. Gill rakers long. Color in spirits dusky olive, mottled with 

 orange and blue ; cheeks with broad, faint blue bands; a dusky spot on 

 dorsal and anal behind ; belly and lower fins coppery yellow ; lower jaw 

 and lower parts of head leaden blue. Length 7 inches. Upper Missis- 

 sippi Valley ; rare, known only from western Illinois, (laxvpur, robust.) 



I^epiopomns inchyrux, Jordan A Nelson, Bull. U. S. Nat. Miis., x, 25, 1877, Illinois River; 



(Coll. S. A. Forbes). 

 Lepomix ixcliyrits, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 474, 1883; Bollman, 1. c, HO. 



1393. APOMOTIS PHENAX (Cope & Jortlan). 



Head 2i (3 without flap); depth 2i ; eye small, 5; snout 4f. D. X, 10; 

 A. Ill, 9; scales 7-44-12, 7 rows on cheek. Form of Lepomis pallidus. 

 Body rather short and deep ; snout short, projecting, forming an angle 

 over the eye. Mouth moderate, the lower jaw slightly the longer, the 

 maxillary reaching pupil ; the supplemental bone strong ; opercular spot 

 larger than ej'e. Gill rakers very long. Dorsal spines short and strong, 

 the longest as long as from snout to middle of eye; pectorals long ; soft 

 dorsal high; anal higher. Color in spirits nearly plain olive green ; no 

 black spot on dorsal or anal. Length 6 inches. Beesley Point, New Jer- 

 sey ; only two specimens known (in Coll. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.). These 

 specimens are referred by Bollman to Apomotis Ischyrus, on the supposi- 

 tion of error in locality. We have recently been permitted* to examine 

 the types of A. pliennx. It seems to differ from A. ischynis in the some- 

 what smaller eye, the smaller and less bony opercular flap, and in the 

 coloration. Both ischyni-s and plwnax are well separated from cyauellns, 

 but both are near jj«Hc/rtVH,s, and more material is needed to fix the status 

 of each, {ipeva^, deceptive, having the maxillary of Apomotis cyanclliiH 

 and the form of Lepomis paUidiix. ) 



Apomolis phcimx, Cove & JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, iti, 1877, Beesley Point, New 



Jersey; locality possibly erroneous. 

 Lepomis phetia.r, Jordan & Gilbeut, Synopsis, 474, 1883. 



1394. APOMOTIS PUXCTATUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3; depth 1|; eye large, 3* to 4 in head. D. X, 11; A. Ill, Id; 

 scales 6-40 to 45-13; pores 38 to 40 ; 7 rows on cheek. Body deep, com- 

 pressed, the profile steep; an angle above the eye. Mouth moderate; 



* Through the kindness of Dr. Edward J. Nolan of the Philadelphia Academy. 



