520 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
§5'3'. P. ftasifou’EtUBS (Grd.) J. A. G. 
r>o(ly moderately elongate, strongly compressed. Head rather long 
and uai row 5 muzzle short, decurved, shorter than the eye. Mouth com- 
paratively large, terminal; maxillary reaching past Iront ot eye. Eyes 
large, 4 in head. Opercular spine strong. Lateral line beginning at 
the eye, on about 12 to 15 scales. Neck scaly ; belly and throat scaly. 
Olivaceous, dotted with dusky points ; second dorsal and anal speckled. 
Head 4; depth 0. 1). X-9; A. H, 7 ; Lat. 1. 55. L. 2 inches. Massa- 
chusetts to New Jersey. 
{nolcosoma fitsiformis Girard, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, v, 1854, 41: IloloUpis fiisi- 
fornds Cojic, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1864, 233: Ilotolcpis fasifvrmis Vaillaiit, 1. c. 
131: Boldchtlips fimformis Jordan, Man. Vert. 228.) 
8S8. P. ea*ocEia’©cas (Cope) J. &. G. 
Body elongate, compressed; the dorsal outline curved, the ventral 
nearly straight. Head long, decurved and narrowed in front. Dlouth 
subinferior; the maxillary reaching past front of eye. Eye 4 in head, 
greater than length of snout. Opercular spine strong. Lateral line 
developed on about IG scales. General color rather dark; blackish 
above ; a black streak on muzzle and one downward from eye ; a dark 
band, irregularly notched, along the sides, besides dark specks ; caudal 
barred; the sides along the lateral baud marked by red dots in life. 
Head 4; depth 6 . D. IX-10; A. 1 1, 7; Lat. 1. 43. L. 2 inches, streams 
tributary to Delaware and Ohesapeake Bays. ( VaiUant.) 
{Ilololcpis croclirous Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1834, 233: Hololcpis erochrous 
Vailluut, 1. c. i33: BoJeichtliys erochrous Jordau, Man. Vert. 228.) 
819 . P. cos Jordan & Copeland. 
Body elongate, slender, somewhat compressed, especially behind, 
rather heavy forwards, with very long and slender caudal peduncle. 
Head long, lounded in front. Month small, little oblique, the uiiper 
jaw a very little the longer. Dorsal fins high, about equal ; caudal trun- 
cate. Gheeks, opercles, and neck closely scaled. Breast naked, or with 
a median series of small scales. Lateral line developed on 22 to 26 
scales. Color dark olive, with darker markings; 10 or 42 dark dorsal 
spots or bars, and as many short dark-blue bars across the lateral line 
nearly opposite the dorsal bars, but not continuous with them ; the in- 
tersiiaces between these bars, as well as most of the ventral region, 
bright crimson iii the males, nearly ])lain in the females ; lower parts of 
the sides, cheeks, etc., with various sharply detiued but irregular black 
markings ; second dorsal, caudal, and i)ectorals strongly marked with 
