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opercles; opercular flap very small, uumargined. Ej^e large; a slight 
angle in front of the eye. Gill-rakers unknown. Mouth moderate, 
I)laced very low; the premaxillaries entirely below the eye; maxillary 
extending back to the middle of the pupil. Dorsal spines moderate, 
the last ones somewhat shortened. Anal fin large; pectorals and ven- 
trals reaching anal. Scales of cheek in 5 rows. Light brown; fins 
pale, unspotted. Scales of belly and sides dotted with golden orange. 
Head 2f ; depth 2J. D. X, — ; A. Ill, — ; scales fi-?-!!. L. 4 inches. 
{Agassiz.) Tennessee Eiver. Known to us from the original descrip- 
tion and from a tracing of a drawing received from Professor Bliss. 
(romotishomhifrons Agassiz, Amer. Joiiru. Sci. Arts, 1854, 303.) 
aaa. Supplementary maxillary obsolete ; gill-rakers sleudei-, rather stiff. {HeUoperca* 
Joi’dau.) 
d. Palatine teeth present. 
YSO. li. liiimiSas (Grd.) Cope. — Bed-spotted Sun fish. 
Body oblong. Scales large. Spines rather high. Profile not very 
steep. Eye 3^ in head; mucous pores on head very large; oiiercnlar 
flap rather long, broad, with a very broad red margin Avhich entirely 
surrounds the black. Gill-rakers rather long, blunt, 8-10, well de- 
veloped; cheeks with about 5 rows of scales. Bluish, Avith conspicuous 
greenish spots and mottlings posteriorly ; sides with many conspicuous 
round salmon-red spots; usually a faint black spot on last rays of 
dorsal; belly and lower fins red. Head 2f ; depth 2 J. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 
9; scales 5-34-11. L. 3 inches. Kentucky to Kansas and Texas; lo- 
cally abundant; a small, highly-colored species. 
{Bryttus hnmilis Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, 201; Girard, U. S. Pac. 
E. R. .Surv. Fish. 1858, 21: Lepomis auayallinus Cope, Jonru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 
1868, 221: Lepomis anagallinus Jordan, Man. A^ert. ed. 3, 240: ? Bryttus ociilatust Cope, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 83: ? Lepomis ocidatus Cope, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila. 1868. 221. 
dd. Palatine teeth none ; a hlack hlotch on last rays of dorsal. 
L.. palJidiis (Mitch.) Gill Sz. Jor. — Blue Sunjish ; Copper-nosed Bream; Dol- 
lardee. 
Body comparatiA’ely short and deep, compressed; the young slender, 
the adult nearly orbicular. Caudal peduncle rather slender. Head not 
* Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876,355: type Lahrus pallidus Mitch. {r}\iov, 
sun; Ttepxrjjpeveh..) 
t L. oculatus Cope. 
Similar to L. humilis, hut the hody deeper, the caudal peduncle and fin forming 
hut one-third of the length. Head short; opercular flap long, with a hlack spot as 
large as eye, surrounded hy a broad pale margin; hody without red spots. Depth 2^. 
Scales 5-32A1. L. 3. (Cope.) Minnesota. 
