85. PERCID.E — VAILLANTIA. 
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<7(7. Body robust, compressed ; fins very high. 
e. Second dorsal with 13 rays; lateral line about 40. 
707 . J3. cffasllg'eias (Grd.) Coi)e. 
Body rather slender j caudal peduncle not contracted ; opercular spines 
rudimental; muzzle abruptly decurved. Eye 3| in head. Fins very 
high; caudal very much rounded; venB’als reaching anal; pectorals 
still longer. Color brown, with traces of nine spots on the side; muzzle, 
chin, and spot below the eye black ; tins black, the second dorsal and 
caudal with white specks. Head 4^; depth 04 . D. IX-13; A. II, 8; 
scales 5-40-0. L. 24 inches. Maryland to Xorth Carolina. [Cope.) 
{Ai'U»a effiihiena Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 64; Cope, Proc. Am. 
Philos. Soc. 1870, 239.) * 
ee. Second dorsal with 10 rays; lat. 1. about 35. 
768. H. vexsISave Jordan. 
Body rather short and stout ; caudal peduncle not contracted ; 
opercular spine moderately developed ; siiace in front of dorsal fin 
naked; muzzle moderately decurved; eye moderate. Second dorsal 
very high, higher than long; iiectorals and ventrals long, nearly- reach- 
ing anal. Coloration olivaceous, the sides with traces of vertical bars; 
first dorsal, ventrals, and anal black ; second dorsal and caudal strongly 
barred with pale in tine pattern; head black in the male; lateral line 
comi)lete. Head 4; depth 4|. D. YIII-IO; A. I, 7; scales 4-35-G. 
L. 24 inches. Eappahannock River, Warren ton, Va.; a single speci- 
men known. 
(.Jordan, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1830, 237.) 
aa. Dorsal spines 7. 
769. B. spsop^ins Cope. 
Body stout, the back rather elevated; the caudal peduncle somewhat 
contracted; muzzle somewhat decurved; mouth terminal. Dorsal fins 
much elevated. Color light brown, with six small dark dorsal spots, 
and ten similar small spots along the dorsal line; a bar around muzzle 
and one below eye. D. VII-14; A. 10; scales 5-47-8. L. 24 inches. 
Loyalsoc Creek, a tributaiy of Allegheny River. {Cope.) One speci- 
men known, perhaps an accidental variation. 
(Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 270.) 
255,'-VAIt<l.AI^'TIA Jordan. 
(Jordan, Bull. U. S Nat. Mus. xii, 89, 1878; type Boleosoma camurim Forbes.) 
This genus agrees with BoJeosoma in all respects, except that the 
lateral line is incomplete, usually ceasing near the middle of the body. 
(To Leon Yaillaut, author of an excellent monograxdi of these fishes.) 
