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small streams. Vulgar names, Painted Tail or Bridge Perch ; tail 

 with two lobes, slightly unequal, base flexuose ; belly and lower 

 fins pale, anal fin with 13 rays, the three anterior s^iiny and 

 shorter, behind rounded and far from tlie tail, although nearer 

 than the dorsal tin ; thoracic fin with five rays, none of which 

 appear spiny, and no ap})endnge; pectoral fins short, trapezoidal, 

 with 15 rays ; branchial rays concealed." — (Rafinesque, Ich. 

 Old. 26, 1820.) 



Lepomls trifasciata Rafinesque, 1820. — "Whitish, crowded 

 with unequal and irregular specks of gilt olive color, none on 

 the belly ; gill covers with three large oblique streaks of the same 

 color; opercule without appendage, spine acute, a taint brown 

 spot below the lateral line; lower jaw longer ; dorsal fin streaked 

 behind ; tail forked, yellow at the base, brown in the middle, 

 tip pale. 



"Found in the Ohio and many other streams; reaches over a 

 foot in length sometimes ; vulgar names. Yellow Bass, Gold Bass, 

 Yellow Perch, Streaked Head, etc. Fins olivaceous; dorsal 

 hardly depressed in the middle with 24 rays Avhereof 10 are 

 spiny, tind part with three brownish and longitudinal streaks ; 

 anal fin rounded with 13 rays, 3 of which are spiny, 2 short and 

 a long one; pectoral fins nearly triangular and acute, 16 rays; 

 thoracics 6, tail 2, very broad, forks divaricate nearly lunulate ; 

 eyes small black, iris brown ; lateral line following the back ; 

 diameter less than one-fourth of the length." — (Rafinesque, Ich. 

 Ohi. 31, 1820.) 



Lepomis flexuolaris Rafinesque, 1820. — "Olivaceous brown 

 above, sides with some transversal and flexuose olive lines, belly 

 white ; lateral line nearly straight flexuose ; spine broad acute, 

 behind the base of the opercule, no appendage nor spot, pre- 

 opercule forked downwards; upper jaw slightly longer; tail bi- 

 lobed, base olive, middle brown, tip white. 



"A fine species, reaching the length of two feet, and affording 

 an excellent food. Common all over the Ohio and tributary 



