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Immeral scale, al)lack streak downward and forward from eye; opercles 
mostly black. Head 4; depth 5. D. XI-10; A. II, 7 ; scales 11-50-5. 
L. 1^ inches. Chickasawha Eiver, Mississippi. [Hay.) 
(Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 495.) 
ccc. Cheeks, opercles, aud nape more or less scaly. 
SO§. P. puMCtnaSatsss Ag. 
Body elongate, compressed, the back not elevated. Head slender, 
i-atlier long and pointed, compressed. Month large, terminal, oblique, the 
jaws about equal, the maxillary extending nearly to opposite middle of 
eye. Scales quite small; a few imbedded scales on upper part of cheeks 
and behind eye; neck mostly covered with small scales; throat naked. 
Fins rather small, the jtectorals short. Color, in life, not known; in 
spirits, the sides of the body clouded or reticulated with darker; a con- 
spicuous black humeral spot; first dorsal dark at base, then pale, with 
a narrow dark border; the other vertical tins similarly colored, the dark 
colors inobably blue in life; females with the sides and fins speckled. 
Head 4; depth 4^. I). X-11 ; A. II, 7; scales {)-(>0-20. L. inches. 
Missouri to Texas. 
(Agassiz, Ainer. Jonrn. Sci. Arts, 1854, 304: Boleichfhtjs tvhifpTci Girard, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 101: Xothonotus punctidatus Agassiz, Bull. Mus. Corap. Zool. i, 3, 
18G3.) 
§09. P. ai’tesaae Hay. 
Body elongate, compressed. Head large. Mouth large, terminal, 
nearly horizontal, the lower jaw slightly included; maxillary reaching 
to opposite front of pupil. Palatine teeth in a broad baud. Eye equal 
to snout, 4i in head. Cheeks entirely covered with small scales; oper- 
cles with large scales; scales along back very small. Lateral line ex- 
tending to end of second dorsal, on about 45 scales. Dorsals contig- 
uous; first dorsal as long as head, its height less than half its length; 
soft dorsal considerably higher; anal a little over half length of head; 
pectorals reaching ti^is of ventrals, much smaller than in P. ca’riileiis. 
Yellowish olive, with transverse oblique bars of darker, and sprinkled 
v/ith small blotches of carmine; pectorals and ventrals dull blue; dor- 
sals with a broad band of carmine along their middle, bordered on each 
side by orange; tqis of dorsals dull blue, as is the base of the soft dor- 
sal; base of spinous dorsal with several carmine spots; anal mostly 
crimson, tipped with blue; caudal blue, then orange, carmine orange, 
and tipped with blue; a black humeral scale. Head 3|; dejith 5. D. 
