84, CENTRARCIIIDJ5 LEROMIS. 
481 
Pectoral fins long. Olivaceous, plain in spirits; bellj* silvery; cheeks 
not striped; usually a faint spot on last rays of dorsal, and sometimes 
of anal also. Head 2|; depth 2. H. X, 12; A. HI, 11; scales 5-39-15, 
Texas; one specimen known ; distinguishable from Lepomis palUdus oidy 
by the blunt teeth. 
(Pomotis heros Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 18.54, 25; PomoHs Jicros 
Grd. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichtli. 6: Xystroplites keros Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 
244.) 
753. L.. oiiryoi’Bis McKay. 
Body very robust, compressed; form nearly oval; dorsal outline 
more convex than ventral; profile steep, convex. Mouth oblique, 
small; maxillarj* reaching front 6f eye. Outer teeth stronger than 
others; teeth on front of iialatines. Lower pharyngeals with the rather 
long posterior spur turned up, stoiitish ; the inner angle rounded, some- 
what obtuse. Teeth stout, very much blunted, not close set; the inner 
considerably stronger and less blunt than the rest. Gill rakers short, 
stout, about eight in number, the inner surface roughened. Maxillary 
with a small but perfectly distinct supplemental bone. Eye very small, 
considerably less than length of snout. Scales on cheeks in C-7 rows. 
Opercular flax4 nearly as long as snout, surrounded by a very broad, 
l^aler, membranous margin; scales on the opercle large, in 5 rows. 
Dorsal spines low, the longest as long as from snout to eye; much 
lower than soft rays. Caudal peduncle and fin short and broad; ven- 
trals and pectorals short, reaching vent. Scales on breast larger than 
those on cheeks. Head 3f; depth 2f. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; scales 0- 
43-14. L. G| inches. Lake Huron; one specimen known. 
(McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 89.) 
754. 1.. aSbssBtis (Grd.) McKay. 
Body elongate, rather deep mesially. Caudal peduncle rather elon- 
gate. Snout projecting, forming an angle above eye. Mouth wide, 
the lower jaw projecting; maxillary reaching just past front of inipil. 
Eye as long as opercular flap, 4^ in head ; flap moderate, broad, with a 
very wide pale edge below and behind. Dorsal spines moderate, as 
long as snout and half of orbit. Five rows of scales on cheek. Lower 
pharyngeal teeth blunt, almost paved. Light olive, uniform in spirits; 
traces of dusky mottlings on last rays of dorsal and anal. Head 2.1 ; 
dej)th 2. D. X, 10; A. Ill, 9; scales C-42-13. L. 5 inches. Florida to 
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