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mainder articulated and much higher than the spinous portion ; 

 it is coterminal with the anal fin ; pectorals oblong and composed 

 of 16 rays ; the upper ray subspinous, simple ; ventral fin 

 pointed, contiguous, composed of 1 spinous and 5 branched rays; 

 anal rounded of 3 spinous and 12 branched rays, the first spine 

 short, the others gradually longer ; caudal fin emarginate of 17 

 entire and 3 accessory rays on each side. All the rays of this 

 fin are broad and compressed, with scales ascending high up to- 

 wards their extremities ; a general greenish brown or dark olive 

 with a faint metallic bronze on the upper parts, beneath lighter; 

 length, 6.0-8.0; fins, D. 9.1, 12; P. 16; V. 1, 5; A, 3, 12; C. 

 17f. This species was obtained from Onondaga creek, there 

 called Black Bass."— (DeKay, Fishes N. Y. 30, 1842.) 



Grystes salmoides Storer, 1846. — "The adult fish is of a 

 deep greenish brown color, with bluish black sj)ot at the angle 

 of the operculum ; the posterior portion of the dorsal fin rises 

 high, and resembles somewhat that of some of the Greylings; 

 the tail is shaped much like that of the Salnionidse, and has a 

 dark brown band crossing its center. The young are marked 

 with numerous longitudinal bands. D. 10, 13 or 14; P. 16; 

 V. 1, 5; A. 3, 11 or 12; C. 17; length, 2 ft."— (Storer, Syn- 

 opsis Fish. N. A. 36, 1846.) (Copied.) 



Centrarchus fasciatus Storer, 1846. — "Body compressed; 

 back arched and gibbous ; of a dusky bluish color, often with 

 transverse bands; anal fin with three spines. D. 9, 1, 14; P. 

 18; V. 5; A. 3, 12; C. 16f ; length, 18 to 20 in."— (Storer, 

 Synopsis Fish. K A. 38, 1846.) (Copied.) 



Centrarchus obscures Storer, 1846. — "Body not gibbous, 

 of a general greenish brown or dark olive color, with faint 

 metallic bronze on upper parts; beneath lighter. D. 9, 1, 12; 

 P. 16; V. 1, 5; A. 3, 12; C. 17|; length, 6 in."— (Storer, 

 Synopsis Fishes K A. 40, 1846.) (Copied.) 



Grystes fasciatus Agassiz, 1850. — "This species is very 

 closely allied to the Grystes salmoides of the Southern States, 



