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fiu emargiuate. Size large. Two species, amoug the most iui- 

 portaut of Americau 'game-fishes.'" — (Jordan and Gilbert, 

 Syn. FUu's N. A. <^BuU. U. S. Kat. Mas., xvi, 484, 1882.) 



Micropterus Jordan, 1882. — (Same description as the pre- 

 ceding one.) — (Jordan, Geol. Swv. Ohio, iv, 942, 1882.) 



Micropterus Gill, 1885. — "This genus is distinguished hy 

 tlie comparatively elongate form of the body, the low dorsal, and 

 especially the slight development of the spines, which decrease 

 to the soft portion, leaving a considerable emargination between 

 the bulk of the spinous and the soft portions. The operculum 

 has a spiniform projection ; the mouth is large, and the caudal 

 emarginated." — (Gill, Standard Kat. Hist., iii, 230, 1885.) 



MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU Lacepede 

 THE SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. 



ADDITIONAL SYNONOMY AND REFERENCES. 



1876 — Micropterus salmoides Nelson, Bull. Ills. State Lab. Nat. 



Hist., i, 37. 

 Micropterus salmoides Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 



49, 1879. 

 Micropterm salmoides Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 



28, 1880. 

 Micropterm salmoides Bean, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 96, 



1880. 

 Micropterus salmoides Cope, Rept. Pa. Fish Com., 130 



1881. 

 1881 — Micropterus dolomieu McKay, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus 



iv, 93. 

 Micropterus dolomieu Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fishes 



N. A., 485, 1882. 

 Micropterus dolomieu Jordan, Geol. Surv. Ohio, iv. 948, 



1882. 



