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a dark lateral band ; 3 bronze bands radiating from eye across 

 cheeks and opercles ; a dusky spot on point of operculum ; belly 

 white ; caudal fin yellowish at base, then black, with white tips ; 

 dorsal with ])ronze spots, its edge dusky. In some waters the fin- 

 markings are obsolete, but usually they are very conspicuous in 

 the young. Southern specimens usually have the scales of the 

 lower part of the sides with faint dark streaks; adult specimens 

 have all these marks more or less wholly obliterated, and become 

 ultimately of a uniform dead-green, without silveiy luster. Head 

 3i; depth 3^. D. X, 13; A. Ill, 10 or 11 ; Scales 11-74-17. 

 Rivers of the United States, from the Great Lake region to South 

 Carolina and Arkansas; abundant, frequenting running. streams, 

 and preferring clear and cool waters ; its southern limit is bounded 

 by the joreseuce of such waters. As a game-fish this species is 

 usually more highly valued than its congener." — (Jordan and 

 Gilbert, S>jn. Fishes K A. <CBull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 485, 

 1882.) 



MiCROPTERUS dolomieu Jordan, 1882. — (Same description 

 as the preceding one.)— (Jordan, Geol. Surv. Ohio, iv, 948, 

 1882.) 



MiCROPTERUS DOLOMiEi Bean, 1883. — " This is a beautiful 

 and hardy game fish, extensively taken by artificial as well as 

 natural baits, and largely sold in the markets." — (Bean, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mm., xxvii, 464, 1883.) 



MiCROPTERUS DOLOMIEI Goode, 1884. — "The small-mouth is 

 found north to latitude 47° and west to Wisconsin, while south- 

 ward it ranges to latitude 33°, M'here Professor Jordan found it 

 in the headwaters of the Chattahoochee and Ocmulgee rivers, thj 

 latter being the only instance of its presence in a stream empty- 

 ing east of the Alleghanies into which it is not known to have 

 been iutroduced by man." — (Goode, Fishery Lidustries of U. S., 

 sec. i, 401, 1884.)' 



MiCROPTERUS DOLOMIEI Forbes, 1884. — "Abundant in rivers 

 and larger creeks, but occurring more rarely in lakes, preferring 



