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teeth on vomer and front of palatines. Gill-rakers moderate, 9 or 10 de- 
veloped. Supplemental maxillary scarcely appreciable. Eye equal to 
biterorbital width. Cheeks with 7 rows of scales. Spinous dorsal rather 
high, the longest spine about as long as from tip of snout to pupil; pec- 
torals short, scarcely reaching vent. Scales small, reduced on breast. 
Dark greenish; a black spot on dorsal as in L. cyaneUus. Head 2| ; 
depth 3. D. X, 10; A. Ill, 9; scales 7-42-15. Texas. 
{Cal Hums vuirinus Grd. U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 1858, 18, pi. 7, fig. 1; the other 
specimens examined by Girard belong to L. cyaneUus : Bryttus murinus Giiuther, i, 
260; McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1881,88.) 
744. 4*. psflEacantiiis (Cnv. &. Val.) Jor. 
Body deep, compressed, the profile steep; an angle above the eye. 
Mouth moderate; maxillary reaching past anterior margin of eye; sup- 
idemental maxillary present, small. Palatine teeth present. Gill-rakers 
rather long, stiff, and strong. Opercular flap small, short, and deep, 
shorter than eye. Eye large, 4 in head. Scales on the cheeks in 7 
rows. Dorsal spines high, the middle ones highest, nearly as long as 
snout and orbit. Olivaceous, with numerous small deep brown spots, 
smaller than pin-heads, resembling fly-specks; these are most distinct 
on the lower part of the sides, where they form lines along the rows of 
scales, and on the opercles; sometimes they cover the whole body. Fins 
idain dusky. Head 3; depth IJ. D. X, 41; A. HI, 10; scales G-40-13. 
L. 5 inches. Streams of Florida; a handsome species, known at sight 
by the peculiar coloration. 
{Bryttus imnctatus and reticulatus Cnv. & Val. vii, 402; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mils, ii, 224, 1879: Lepomis apiatus Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1877,65: Lepi- 
opomus apiatus Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 25, 1877.) 
745. L<. macBiafus Jordan. 
Body oblong and somewhat regularly elliptical. Mouth rather large. 
Opercular flap short and broad, entirely black. Scales of cheek in 
4 series. Eye large, 3.^ in head. Gill-rakers shortish, but stifil' and 
rough. Palatine teeth present. Dorsal spines rather long, as long as 
from snout to posterior edge of pupil. Pectorals long. Color dark, a 
scarlet spot on each scale, forming red longitudinal stripes; a dusky 
mark on each side of each red spot; belly largely orange red; tins dark; 
no dorsal spot; iris red. Head 2|; depth 2|. D. X, 10; A. HI, 9; 
scales 4-40-11. L. 4 inches. Alabama to Texas; not rare; a small, 
brightly colored species. 
(Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 26, 1877.) 
