84. CENTEARCHID^ — CH^NOBRYTTUS. 
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riipted black strij^es; a black opercular spot ; dark mottlings on tbe 
soft dorsal, anal, and caudal. Head 2f ; depth 2-2J, D. XI, 10; A. 
YI, 10; scales about 5-39-12. Coeca 7. Yert. 14+18. L. 12 inches. 
Yermout to Great Lake region and Manitoba, south to Louisiana; very- 
abundant west ot the Alleghanies. 
(Bodianus rnpestns Raf. Am. Monthly Mag. 1817, 120: Cenfrarclius ceneiis C. V. iii, 
84: CentmrcJuis ceneus Gunther, i, 258; Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 237: Amhloplites cavi- 
frons Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1888, 217, is iirohably a young siiecimen of this 
species.*) 
246.— CIIiENOBKYTTUS Gill. 
War-mouths. 
(Calliurus Ag. not of Raf.) 
(Gill. Anier. Journ. Sci. Arts, 1864, 92: type Calliurus melanops Grd. = Pomotis gulosus 
Cuv. & Val.) 
This genus has the general form and dentition of Amhloplites vfith the 
convex opercle, 10 dorsal and 3 anal spines of Lepomis. Preopercle 
entire. Branchiostegals 6. Caudal fin emarginate. Scales weakly 
ctenoid, to yawn ; Bryttus, i. e. Lepomis.) 
a. Dorsal beginning above the opercular spot. 
72S, C. asatisliais McKay. — Goggle Epe. 
Body heavy, deep and thick, stouter and less elongate than in the 
next. Head deep. Mouth large, the maxillary reaching nearly to po.s-. 
terior margin of the eye; the supplemental bone strong. Scales on 
cheeks in 7 or 8 rows. Opercular flap broad. Eye small, 4J in head ; jire- 
opercle and mandible with large mucous pits. Dorsal beginning directly 
over the opercular spot, which is above base of pectoral ; spines of dor- 
sal very stout, the longest as long as from snout to middle of eye. Color 
in life dark olive-green above ; sides greenish and brassy, with blotches 
of pale blue and bright coppery red, the red predominating ; belly bright 
brassy yellow, profusely mottled with bright red ; lower jaw chiefly 
yellow ; iris bright red ; opercular spot as large as eye, black, bordered 
with copper color; 3 or 4 wide dark red bands radiating backwards 
from eye across cheeks and opercles, separated by narrow pale blue inter- 
* A. cavifrons Cope. 
Physiognomy more of Centrarclius. Month large, very oblique, the maxillary 
reaching beyond, the mitltlle of the pupil; chin prominent. Outline of cranium con- 
cave. Eye large, 3 in head. Scales of cheeks very few, minute. Mucous cavities 
large. Silvery, dusted with dark points; scales with a narrow vertical dark shade 
at base ; soft fins dusky; a small black opercular spot. Depth 2^. D. X, 12 ; A. 
YI, 11; scales 7-38-13, Roanoke River, Virginia. {Cope.) 
