138 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Table of Measurements. 



Cnnent niunljer of specimen 21,463. 



Locality Pensacola, Fla 



Millime- ; lOOtbs of 

 tres. i leii"tli. 



Extreme length 



Lensjth to origin of middle caudal rays 

 Body: 



Height at veiitrals 



Least height of tail 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Greatest width 



Width of tnterorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Length of upper jaw 



Length of mandible 



Distance from snout to orbit 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Leng-th of base . 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of fourth or longest spine . 



Length of last spine 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Length of tirst ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of second sjjine 



Length of third spine 



Length of lir.st lay 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last lay 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branihiostegals 



Dorsal 



241 

 185 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Xumber of scales in lateral line 



"Number of transverse rows above lateral line . 

 Kumber of transverse rows below lateral line . 



VII 



X, 14 



in,9 



+17+ 



n,i5 



1,5 



50 



8 



16 



41i 



la 



41 

 15 



7i 

 12i 

 134 

 15 

 19 

 14i 



9 



44^ 

 29i 

 5^ 

 10^ 

 15 

 101 



12 

 16 

 9 



71 

 16 

 5J 



15 

 19 



23. CENTRARCHIDJ^. 



52. Micropterus pallidus (Raliuesqiio) Gill «fc Jordau. — Black Bass. 



Accordiug to Mr. Stearns this species enters tlie brackish and salt 

 waters of the Gulf of Mexico, whence he sends a specimen, No. 21,311, 

 12 inches in length. D. IX, I, 13; A. Ill, 10; P. II, 12; V. I, 5 ; 

 C. + 17 +. L. lat. 05 ; L. trans. yV 



