258 PEllCIDJE. 



than the length ot the head. Prteopcrciilum entire. Baek and 

 vcrtieal finw iiTcgnhirly spotted with blacldsh, on the hack grouped 

 together in bands. (Gir.) 

 Houston lliver, Kentucky. 



7. Centrarchus fasciatus. 



Cichla fasciata, Lcstteur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 216. 



ohioensis, minima, Lcsucur, 1. c. p. 218. 



Centrarchus fiiseiatus, 7A7>7n/, Ncic Yarli Fauna, Fishes,]^. 28. pi. 3. f. 8; 

 lurfl. Bost. Jo/tni. v. p. 28. pi. 9. f. 1. 



Body gibbous ; the height is 3^ in the total length. Dusky bluish, 

 often with transverse bands. 

 Lakes of the United States. 



8. Centrarchus obscurus. 



Dckaij, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. .')0. pi. 17. f. 47 (in the text 48), 



Body rather elongate, not gibboiis ; the height is one-fourth of 

 the total length. Uniform greenish brown. (Delcay.) 

 Onondaga Creek. 



9. Centrarchus gulosus. 



Pomotis g-iilosus, Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 498. 

 Centrarchus gulosus, Ctiv. i^- Val. vii. p. 459. 



9 8* 



Bi'own, shining golden ; a black spot above the angle of the oper- 

 culum. {Guv. ^~ Val.) 



Lake Pont Chartrain ; Lakes near New Orleans. 



10, Centrarchus tetracanthus. 



Cuv. lV Val. vii. p. 4G0. 



Tlie height of the body is about one-third of the total length. 

 Body and vertical flns spotted with blackish. ( Val.) 

 Fresh waters of Cuba. 



56. BEYTTUS*. 



Bryttus, Cuv. i^ Val. vii. p. 461. 

 Six (five) branchiostegaLs. All the teeth villifonn, without canines ; 



* 1 . Bryttus retieiilatus, Cuv. cf- Val. vii p. 463. — North America. 



2. Calliurus diaphanus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exp. Fishes, p. 13. pi. 4. 



f. 1-4.— Texas. 



3. Bryttus signifer, Girard, I. c. pi. 7. f. 5-8. — Texas. 



4. humiUs, Girard, I. c. pi. 7. f. 9-24. — Arkansas and Texas. 



5. CaUiuriis microps, Girard, I. c. p. 17. pi. 4. f, 5-8. — Texas. 



