18 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY 1. 



II. Genus. BUBBLER, AMBLODOn, Amblodon. (p. 24.) 



= Aploduiotus Rafinesque, 1819. 

 = Eaploidonotus Gill, 18G1. 



4th species, Grunting Bubbler, AMBLODON GRUNNIENS, Amblodon 

 grognant. (p. 24.) 



HAPLOIDONOTUS GRUNNIENS Raf. 

 Corvina oscula Cuv. & Val., 1830. 

 Corvina grisea Dekay, 1842. 

 Amblodon grunniens Agassi z, 1854. 

 A very good description. 



III. Genuo, PAINTED TAIL, Calliure. (p. 26.) 

 Micropterus Lac^pede, uot Calliurus Agassiz, Girard, etc. = Chcenohryttus 

 Gill. 



5th species, Dotted Painted Tail, CALLIURUS PUNCTULATUS, Calliure 

 pointille. 



Micropterus salmoides (Lacep.) Gill. 



The peculiar coloration of the caudal fin which suggested the name 

 Calliurus, "base yellow, middle blackish, tip white", belongs among 

 Ohio fishes only to the young of the Black Bass. Calliurus, therefore, 

 as shown by Professor Gill, is a synonym of Micropterus, and cannot be 

 applied to a distinct genus. 



IV. Genus, SUNFISH, ICTHELIS, Icthele. (p. 27.) 

 =Lepomis Eaf., 1819. 



1st subgenus, TELIPOMIS. (p. 27.) 

 = Apomotis Eaf., 1819=Bryttus C. & V., 1831. 



* 6th species, Gilded Sunfish, ICTHELIS MACROCHIRA, Icthele macro- 

 chire. (p. 27.) 



Lepiopomus macrochirus Raf. 

 Lepomis nephelus Cope. 

 This description applies perfectly to Lepomis nepJielus Cope, a rather 



* Body oval, oblong, gilt, crowded with small brown dotts; head small, scaly, opercule 

 flexuose, spot narrow, m,arginal, and black ; jaws equal ; tail forked; pectoral fins long 

 and narrow, reaching the anal fin, which has 13 rays, whereof 3 are spiny. 



A pretty species from three to four inches long. In the Ohio, Green River, Wabash, 

 &c. Names, Sun-fish, Gold-fish, &g. Head rather acute, not scaly before the eyes. 

 Iris gilt brown. Dorsal fin with 22 long rays, whereof 11 are spiny ; a depression be- 

 tween the two sorts of rays. Anal fin broad and rounded. Tail 20 rays. Thoracic 1 

 and 5. Pectoral 15. Diameter of the body nearly one-fourth of total length (with 

 caudal). 



