482 COXTRIBUTIOXS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
Texas; uot common; like the preceding species, intermediate between 
Lcpomis i)roper and Eupomotis. 
{Jlri/ttus (ilhiilits (ird. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857; Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. 
Siirv. X, ID: aihul an GimUier, i, 2.59: Xi/stropUtes ffilli Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mas. X, 21, 1877; McKaj", Proc. U. S. Nat Mils. 1881, 89.) 
Lower ]diaryii"eals broad; pliaryiigeal teeth paved, subspherical in form, truncate 
above. {Eupomotis Gill & Jordan.*) 
B... CaoIbD'ooKi (Cnv. & Val.) McKay. 
Ilody robibst, elevated, tlie snout rather produced. Eye large, 4 in 
head; maxillary reaching front of orbit. Dorsal fin high, the spines 
about as high as the soft rays; pectoral fins very long. Cheeks with 5 
rows of scales. Gill -rakers rather long, obtuse, strongly toothed. Oper- 
cular Ha]) short,broad, with a broad orange margin below and behind. 
No palatine teeth; pharyngeal teeth paved. Dusky olive, silver^" be- 
low; throat yellow; fins dark, with yellowish rays; no black dor.sal spot. 
Head 3|; depth 2^. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 11. L. 10 inches. South Caro- 
lina to Florida; abundant. 
{Fomoiis holbroolci Cnv. & Val. Aui, 463, 1831: Pemotis specioms Holbr. Journ. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855,48: Pomotis microlophns Gnnihev, i, 264: ^ Xystroplites lonpimanas 
Cope, Proc, Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 18/7, 66: Eupomotis holbrooki Jordan, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mns. ii, 1879, 224.) 
75ii. li, caotaJws (Agass.) McKay. 
Body robust, elongate, the snout projecting, the profile scarcely gib- 
bous. Mouth rather wide, oblique, reaching the front of eye. Eye 
rather large. Opercular flap wide and rounded, shorter than in L. gib- 
hosus, with a rather wide pale border all around. Scales very large; 
4 rows oil cheek. Spines rather high and strong, the longest dorsal 
si)ine as long as from muzzle past middle of pu])!!. Soft fins high. 
Gill-rakers short and not very’stilf. Pharyngeal teeth paved. Color 
jiale olive, mottled; a faint dorsal sjiot. Head 3; depth 2J; D. X, IL; 
A. HI, 11; scales 4-35-13. L. S inches. Illinois to Alabama. 
(Pomotis notatus Ag. Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, 18.54, .302: Eupomotis pallidus Jordan,. 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns. x, 21, 1877; uot Pomotis pallidus X^ass,.) 
757. ILo g'nbbosMS (L.) McKay. — Common Sun-fisb ; Bream; Pumpkin-seed; Sunny. 
Body short and deep, compressed, the profile steep, convex; usually 
an angle above the eye. Head rather small. Mouth small, oblique, 
the maxillary scarcely reaching the front of the eye. Dorsal spines 
rather high, as long as eye and snout; the soft rays higher. Pectorals 
’Gill & Jordan, Field and Forest, 1877, ii, 190: type Spams aureus Walbaum = Perea 
(jibbosa h. (eu, well; opcrclc; ou?, ear.) 
