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Gkystes salmonoides Giinther, 1859. — " B. 6-7; D. y^.-j-^; 

 A. yy?3-2 5 -^- ^''^^- 90. Ciec. Pylor, 14 and more. The height 

 of the body is nearly one-fourth of the total length ; the length 

 of the head is contained 3^ therein. Lower jaw prominent. 

 Preoperculum and suprascapular entire. Operculum with two 

 spines. PrsBorbital with or without some slight denticulations; 

 pectoral and ventral fins short. The fourth dorsal spine longest; 

 the second of the anal much shorter than the third. Caudal is 

 slightly notched. Uniform greenish brown, with a black spot at 

 the posterior angle of the operculum. Young with indistinct 

 longitudinal streaks." — (GtJnther, Qit. Fishes Brit. Mus. I, 252, 

 1859.) 



Centrarchus fasciatus Giinther, 1859. — " D. \^; A. y\. 

 Body gibbous; the height is 3J in the total length. Dusky 

 bluish, often with transverse bands." — (Gunther, Cat. Fishes 

 Brit. Mus. I, 258, 1859.) 



Centrarchus obscurus Gunther, 1859. — " D. -LQ- ; A. -^j. 

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

 the total length. Uniform greenish brown." — (Gunther, Cat. 

 Fishes Brit. Mus. I, 258, 1859.) 



Lepomis achigan Gill, 1860. — " Rafinesque first indicated 

 the C'lchla fasciata of Le Sueur, or Centrarchus obscurus of 

 DeKay under the name of Bodianus achigan. His specific 

 name must be presei'ved." — (Gill, Pro. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 20, 

 I860.) 



Centrarchus fasciatus Roosevelt, 1862. — " The gill cover 

 has two flat points, the teeth are minute, while the back fin, 

 though single, is partly divided into 2. It contains 10 hard 

 and 14 soft rays, the ventral 6, the first one almost spinous, the 

 anal 3 spines, the first very short, and 1 2 soft rays, and the tail 

 16 soft rays."— (Roosevelt, Game Fish of the NoHh, 218, 1862.) 



Grystes nigricans Norris, 1864. — "The color of this fish, 

 which appears to vary with the locality or the season, is gener- 

 ally dark olive green on the back, shading gradually into a 



