REVIEW OF RAFINESQUE ON AMERICAN FISHES. 17 



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These Pages | and the Discoveries which they contain | in one of the principal 

 Branches | of Natural History, | are respectfully Inscribed | by the Author | To his fel- 

 low-labourers iu the same field of Science | Prof. Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D. | who has de- 

 scribed the Atlantic Fishes of New York, | and to | C. A. Le Sueur, | who was the first 

 to explore the Ichthyology of the Great American Lakes, &c. | In Token | of Friend- 

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I. Genus, PERCH, PERCA, Perche. (p. 20.) 

 1st species, Salmon-Perch, PERCA SALMONEA, Perche Saumone. (p. 21.) 



Stizostethium salmoneum Eaf., Cope, etc. 



A fair description, as Professor Cope has shown. This fish is probably 

 distinct from S. vitreum, although the two species are closely related. 

 On page 23, Raflnesqiie suggests that P. salmonea forms a peculiar sub- 

 genus or genus which may be called Stizostedion. This name antedates 

 Lucioperca of Cuvier, and has been generally adopted by recent Ameri- 

 can authors. 



2d species, Golden-Eyes Perch, PERCA CHRY30PS, Perche-oeuil-d'or. 



(p. 22.) 



Eoccus CHRYSOPS (Raf.) Gill. 



Description not quite accurate but recognizable. On page 23 the 

 subgeneric name of Lepihema is proposed for it, but Eoccus of Mitchill 

 is older. Lepihema may be retained as the name of a subgenus of Roc- 

 cus, the body being shorter and deeper and the dentition somewhat dif 

 ferent. 



3d species, Black-dotted Perch, PERCA NIGROPUNCTATA, Perche a 

 points-noirs. (p. 23.) 



An unrecognizable description, based, as nearlj all of Rafinesque's 

 worst descriptions are, "on a drawing" of Mr. Audubon. The original 

 may have been Percina caprodes, Stizostethium canadense, or nothing. 

 Rrtfinesque proposes for it the generic name of Pomacampsis. 

 Bull. 9—2 



