2(j2 rEKCin.!:. . 



head. Coloration luiiform, with a black lobe at the operculum, and 

 ■\\nth scries of browTiish spots between the rays of the vertical fins. 

 North America. 



rt. Adult : skin. Lake Eric. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



b. Adult. New York. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



c, d. Adult. N, America. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



e. Adult : skin. New Orleans. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 /'. Yoimg. New Orleans. 

 [/, h. Yoimg. 



Var. Uniform blackish brown. 

 ■!. Adult : skin. Lake Erie. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



2. Pomotis rubricauda. 



Poraotis rubricauda, Storer, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 177: Holbr, 



Ichth. S. Carol, p. 10. pi. 2. f. 2. 



appendix, Storer, Si/)iaps. p. 42. 



fallax, Saird ^- Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. PhUad. 1854, p. 24, 



and U. S. Pucif. R. R. Exp. Fishes, p. 27. pi. 8. f. 9-12, pi. 9. f. 5-12, 



pi. 10. f. 1-7.' 

 convexifrons, Baird S( Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. PJnlad. 1854, 



p. 24. 



D.}J. A. A Caec. pylor. 7. 



The height of the body is about 2f in the total length, the length 

 of the head (without appendage) four times. The appendage vciy 

 long, one-half of the length of the head (in mature specimens). 

 Pra)operculum romided, not, or but slightly, serrated at its angle. 

 The spinous portion of the dorsal lower than the soft. The pectoral 

 not reaching so fiir backwards as the ventral. Caudal fin slightly 

 notched, with rounded lobes. xVbove dusky, sides of the opercles 

 and below red, some blue waving lines on the sides of the head. 

 Appendage black, bordered above and below wdth pale greenish blue. 

 Fins uniform j-ellowdsh ; dorsal fin sometimes with a darker patch. 



Fresh waters from Massachusetts to Georgia and Texas. 



a. Half-grown : skin. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 3, Pomotis elongatus. 



Holhrook in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1855, p. 47. pi. 5. f. 1. 



^- li- ^- To' 



The height of the body is 2f in the total length, the length of the-' 

 head four times. The ujMcr maxillary reaches to the anterior mar- 

 gin of tlie eye. Operciimr lobe black, of moderate size. Caudahs 

 emarginate, with rounded lobes. The soft portion of the dorsal 

 higher than the spinous. Cheeks with pale bluish lines ; body dusky 

 above, yellow below, with several dark vertical bars on the sides, and 

 n blafk blotch on the back of the tail behind the dorsal fin. (Holbr.) 



St. John's River; Florida. 



