85. PERCID^ PCECILICHTHYS. 519 
G-47-7, the tubes of the lateral line on about 35 scales. L. 3 inches. 
Chickamauga E-iver, Georgia. 
(Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 1878, 227; Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 
59, 1878.) 
ee. Lateral line forming a slight curve above tbe pectorals; dorsals subeqiial; dorsal 
spines 9 or 10. {Boleichthi/s* Grd.) 
g. Cheeks scaly. 
§15. P. BsMtSerSaEiaBS Hay, (sp. nov.). 
Body elongated, contracted behind ventral fins; dorsal region ele- 
vated. Mouth horizontal, small; maxillary extending to opposite 
anterior edge of pupil. Opercles with 2 rows of scales along lower 
edge; cheeks densely scaled; lateral line running high, extending to 
opposite end of anterior dorsal, on 18 scales. Pale greenish, yellow 
below; above and on sides much mottled with brown; about 10 square 
blotches along back ; a dark siiot on opercle, one behind and one below 
eye; a streak on snout between eyes; dorsals with dark markings; a 
red streak along margin of spinous dorsal; anal fin nearly white; cau- 
dal barred. Head 4 in length; depth 5f. Eye 3^ in head. Caudal 
peduncle 3f in body. D. IX-11; A. II, 0; scales 3-44-12. Black 
Elver, Mississippi. {Say MSS.) 
§16. P. barfi'atti (Holbr.) J. & G. 
Body (comparatively short, chubby and compressed. Head rather 
large. Mouth large, oblique; the jaws equal, the teeth rather strong. 
Eye large, 3 in head. Scales large, A’aryiug in number. Lateral line 
beginning at the eye, arehed high over the pectorals and ceasing about 
midway of the body, developed on about 20 scales. Opercular spine 
strong. Dorsal fins moderate, about equal, separated by an interspace. 
Color greenish, with dark specks; fins mottled; a dark line downward 
and one lorward from eye; a series ot rather small greenish blotches 
along each side and on the back. Head 3f ; depth 4^. D. X-12; A. 
II, 7; lateral line 45-55. L. 2 inches. Maryland to Illinois and south- 
ward ; chiefly in streams of the lowlands. 
{Dolcosoma harratti Holhr. .Journ. Acarl. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 56; Hololcpis harratli 
Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 233: Hololcpis barratti Vaillant, 1. c. 127: Bo- 
Icichthgs elegans Jordan, Anier. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 308: Boleichthgs elegans 
Jordan, Man. Vert. 404, and probably of Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 
104.) 
* Z>okic7(//i.;/s Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 103: type Boleichthgs cxilia 
Grd. dart; ixOvi, fish.) 
