470 CONTKIBUTIOXS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
crease in the number of spines. Specimens of E. simulans with the same 
numbers are occasionally found. 
{Co 2 )eIan(lia eriarcha Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1877, 56; McKay, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mas. 1881. J 
■732. E. oljcsaas (Baird) Gill. 
Body oblong-ovate, elliptical. Scales large, little crowded. Dorsal 
si)ines 2^ in head, as long as from snout to posterior margin of eye. Anal 
lin large; ventral spine not reaching vent, its first ray not reaching the 
base of the last anal spine; caudal fin moderate, about as long as from 
snout to middle of opercle; opercular spot rather large, more than half 
the size of the eye, velvet black, bordered with purple. Eye 3| in head; 
cheeks with four rows of scales. Color olivaceous, with 5-8 well-defined 
dark cross-bars ; spots on body and fins purplish or golden ; cheek 
with lines and spots ; a dark bar below eye. Head 2| ; depth If. D. 
IX, 10; A. Ill, 10; scales 4-32-10; the pores developed usually on 
about 20 scales, but sometimes on nearly all of them. L. 3 inches. 
Massachusetts to Florida, abundant in sluggish streams near the coast. 
(Pomotis ohesus Baird, 9tli Smitlis. Rept. 1854, 324; Bn/ttiis obesus Girard, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sc. Phila. 4859, 53; Jordan, Man. Vert. 245: Bryttus fasciaius Holbrook, Jonrn. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 51: Bryttus fasciatus Giinther, i, 260; Cope, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1878, 65: Pomotis yuttatus Morris, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859.) 
■733. E. gloriosus (Holbr.) Jor. 
Body oval, moderately compressed, the iirofile concave above eye. 
Opercular spot scarcely larger than pupil. Caudal about as long as 
from snout to anterior margin of preopercle. Color olive-green, yellow- 
ish below, speckled above with golden; no vertical bauds; fins rosy, 
with golden spots, often a dusky spot at base of caudal. Head 2^; 
depth 1^. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 10. L. 2f inches. Maryland to Florida, 
in clear sluggish streams. 
{Bryttus yloriosus Holhr. Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 51: Bryttus gloriosus 
Giinther, i, 230; Uhler & Logger, Fishes Maryland, 112.) 
734. E. simuiaiis (Cope) McKay. 
Body comparatively elongate. Mouth moderate, very oblique, the 
maxillary reaching just past the front of orbit. Dorsal spines medium; 
soft rays in the males somewhat elevated, reaching to or beyond (var. 
innnUjer) the base of the caudal; the longest soft ray as long as from 
snout to front of opercle, or (var. pinniger) as long as head; fins in 
fema\es all lower; pectoral fin reaching nearly to middle of anal. Eye 
3,^ in head. Lateral line usually, but not always, complete. Color dark 
olive; young with traces of vertical darker bars; ear-flap small, with a 
