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1876 — Mkropterm nigricans Nelson, Bull. Ills. State Lab. Nat. 



Hist , i, 36. 

 1879 — Micropterwi pallidiis Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xiv, 49. 

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



28, 1880. 

 Micropterm pcdlidm Bean, Pro. U. S. Nat. INIus., iii, 96, 



1880. 

 Micropterm p)dlidiis Hay, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii, 497, 



1880. 

 Micropterus pallidm Cope, Kept. Pa. Fish Com., 131, 

 1881. 

 1880 — Micropterus floridanus Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



xvii, 31. 

 1885 — Microp)teru6 sahnonoides Von dem Borne, Fischzuclit, 148. 



Specific Descriptions. 



Micropterus nigricans Nelson, 1876. — "Found in great 

 abundance throughout the state [Illinois], as far as I can learn. 

 The young are found in myriads in the ditches draining the 

 marshes along the Calumet river." — (Nelson, Cat. Fishes Ills. 

 <^Bidl. Ills. State Lab. Nat. Hist, i, 36, 1876.) 



Micropterus pallidus Hay, 1880. — "This species is abun- 

 dant every-where [in Mississippi], and is esteemed as one of the 

 best food fishes. It is called " Trout," instead of "Bass," as at 

 the North. The young are conspicuously marked by a dark, 

 sometimes interrupted, lateral band. This is sometimes found 

 also in the adults. There is often a small patch of feeble teeth 

 on the tongue of both this species and 31. sahnoides \_M. dolomieu^." 

 —(Hay, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 497, 1880.) 



Micropterus floridanus Cope, 1880. — "It appears then, 

 that the only important character which distinguishes the Texan 

 form from the Floridiau is the much smaller size of the cheek 

 scales. I do not know how constant this character will prove. 



