Article TI. — Dfisrriptioii of Xcir lUinois Fishes. By S. A. 

 Forbes. 



Lkpomis uakmani. n. sp. 



A sun fish of the Xenotis group, of average proportions, 

 rather thin in front, the dorsal outline before the fin well arched, 

 with a decided de])ression at the nape. Length 4 inches, depili 

 2.25 in length. Color dark, with a purplish tint; sides striped 

 with rows of bronze blotches, one to each scale, about seven 

 rows below the lateral line. Sides of the head in alcoholic 

 specimens with an appearance of irregular lines. Opercular 

 flap large, about two-thirds the length of the eye, bordered 

 above and beloM% but not posteriorly, with pale. Head 2.75 to 

 2.9 in length; nose 3.9 to 4.25; interorbital space slightly 

 greater than length of eye, — 3.4 to 3.75 in head. Mouth nor- 

 mal, moderate; rudimentary maxillary bone minute; upper jaAv 

 below the middle of the pupil; maxillary 2.85 to 3.1 in head, 

 scarcely reaching the front of the pupil; lower jaw 2 to 2.4; 

 teeth on vomer, not on palatines. Eye large, circular, 3.6 to 4. 

 Cheeks with five rows of large scales; opercles with about six 

 longitudinal rows. Gill rakers very short and few — eight on 

 the lower part of the arch, their length al)out equal to the 

 diameter of the arch. Dorsal fin of moderate height, — X — 

 10 to 11. the longest spine 2 to 2.3 in head; length of spinous 

 dorsal 2.9 to 3.25 in l)ody; of the soft dorsal 4,8 to 6.3. Anal 

 riT 8 to 10, its height 4.7 to 5.7 in body, its length 4.2 to 5. 

 Pectoral rather long, reaching anal; ventrals surpassing the 

 vent. Lateral line high-arched. 34 to 41, longitudinal rows 5 

 to 6 and 13 to 15; 17 to 20 scales before dorsal. 



This well-marked little sunfish has been obtained by us 

 only in the Wabash Valley, from Little Fox River at Phillips- 

 town, and from the Waljash River and Drew pond at Carmi. 



Described from 15 spHcinu'iis, 

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