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Specific Descriptions. 



Labrus salmoides Lacepede, 1802.— " Neuf rayons aiguil- 

 loues et treize rayons articules a la nageoire dn dos ; treize rayon 

 a la nageoire de I'anus ; I'opercule compose de quatre lames, et 

 termiiie par uiie prolongation anguleuse ; deux orifices a cliaque 

 narine; la couleur generale d'un brun noiratre." [Br. G; P. 

 13; V. 6; C. 18.] — (Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. IV, 716, 

 1802.) 



Lepomis pallida Rafiiiesque, 1820. — " Olivaceous above, 

 white beneath, a brown spot at tli'e base of the lateral line, an 

 obtuse appendage on the opercule, spine ])ehind it : 3 faint 

 obliqual streaks on the gill-covers ; lower jaw longer : tail forked, 

 pale yellow, tip brown. 



"Not uncommon in the Ohio, Miami, Hockhocking, etc. Vul- 

 gar name. Yellow Bass ; Common Bass, etc. Length from 4 

 to 12 inches. Shape elliptic, diameter one-fourth of the total 

 length. Fins olivaceous, without streaks, dorsal depressed or 

 interrupted in the middle, 9 spiny rays to the fore part, the 

 medial longer, 1 spiny ray and 14 soft rays to the hind part. 

 Anal fin rounded 13 rays, whereof 2 are spiny and short. Pec- 

 torals rounded with 14 I'ays ; tail with 18; thoracics Avith 6. 

 Eyes large, black, iris brown with a gold ring. Lateral line 

 following the back, straight near the tail."— (Rafinesque, Icli. 

 Ohi. 80, 1820.) 



CiCHLA FLORID ANA Le Sueur, 1822. — "Dorsal fin with 9 

 spinous rays anteriorly, and 15 soft ones posteriorly ; anal with 

 3 spinous rays and twelve divided soft ones. 



"The total length of this fish is one foot five inches, in depth 

 5 in. towards the dorsal fin; the body is attenuated; more ob- 

 tuse anteriorly ; snout short ; inferior jaw a little longei*. than 

 superior one ; mouth deeply divided; intermaxillary bone long; 

 maxillary bone prolonged unto the end of the eye ; teeth very 

 small, equLil, approximate ; card like before, smaller and more 

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