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si)aces; ui)])er fins cliielly black, mottled with orange and blue; lower- 
tins dusky ; a small black spot ou last rays of dorsal ; color in spirits 
very dark, the reddish shades becoming black ; young with vertical 
chains of spots. Head 2| ; depth 2^. D. X, 10 ; A. Ill, 9 ; scales 
0_40-12. L. 10 inches. Lake Michigan and Upper Mississippi Valley; 
abundant. 
(CrlossopUtes melanops Jor. Man. Vert. ed. 1, 187G, 233, 317: Chcenobnjttus gulosus Jot- 
dan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 1878, 237 : ChaoiohrijUm gulosus Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. 
N. Y. 1876, 359, not Pomotis gulosus C. & V. ; McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881.) 
aa. Dorsal fin beginning beliind the vertical of the base of the jiectorals. 
720. C. giaJosiMS (C. & V.) Jor. — War-mouth: Eed-eijed Bream. 
Very similar to the preceding; the body more compressed and more 
elongate, the profile less steep. Scales of cheeks larger, in about 6-8 
rows. Opercular spot smaller. Eye 41 in head. Dorsal beginning 
behind base of pectoral ; pectoral short, barely reaching anal. Color in 
life clear olive-green clouded with darker, usually without red or blue ; 
a dusky spot ou each scale more or less distinct ; vertical fins mottled 
with dusky ; a fiiint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; 3 
oblique dusky bars radiating from eye; belly yellowish. Head 2i; 
depth 2J. D. X, 9 ; A. HI, 8 ; scales 6-43-11. L. 9 inches. Virginia 
to Texas ; abundant only southward. Close to the preceding, but dis- 
tinguishable by the posterior insertion of the dorsal. 
( Pomotis gulosus Cuv. & Val. iii, 367, 1829 : Cenirarclius gulosus and viridis C. & V. vii, 
437, 460, 1831 : Centrarchus gulosus Giinther, i, 258 : Calliurus floridensis Holbrook, .Tourn. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 53 : Bri/ltus fiortdensts Giinther, i, 260 : Lepomis gillii Cope, 
Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 225 : Clmnohrgttus viridis Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. 
Hist. N. Y. 1876, 360: Chamobriiitus viridis Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 238: Calliurus 
melanops Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. x, 11 : Bnjitus melanops Giinther, i, 2<)0: Le- 
pomis ehargbdis Cope, Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 24.) 
247.— ACANTIIARCHUS Gill. 
(Gill, Amer. Jonrn. Sci. Arts, 1834, 92: type Centrarchus pomotis Baird.) 
Body oblong, robust, not much compressed or elevated. Mouth not 
very large, the broad maxillary with a well developed supplemental 
bone; lower jaw projecting. Teeth on vomer, jialatines, pterygoids, 
and tongue ; lingual teeth in a single patch ; pharyngeal teeth sharp. 
Gill-rakers few, rather long and strong. Opercle emarginate ; preoper- 
cle entire. Scales cycloid, large. Lateral line complete. Dorsal spines 
usually 11 ; anal spines 5 ; caudal fin rounded behind. [a/.av0a, spine ; 
apy.ovj anus.) 
