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crease in the number of spines. Specimens of E. simulans with, the same 



uiimbers are occasionally found. 



{Co2)eIandia eriarcha J ovdan, Proc. Ac, Nat. Sci. Phila. 1877, 56; McKay, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1881. J 



732. E. obesiis (Baird) Gill. 



Body oblong-ovate, elliptical. Scales large, little crowded. Dorsal 



Spines 2J in head, as long as from snout to posterior margin of eye. Anal 



fin large; ventral spine not reaching vent, its first ray not reaching the 



base of the last anal spine; caudal fin moderate, about as long as from 



snout to middle of opercle ; opercular spot rather large, more than half 



the size of the eye, velvet black, bordered with purple. Eye 3^ in head ; 



cheeks with four rows of scales. Color olivaceous, with 5-8 well-defined 



dark cross-bars ; spots on body and fins purplish or golden ; cheek 



with lines and spots ; a dark bar below eye. Head 2|; depth If. D. 



IX, 10 ; A. Ill, 10 ; scales 4-32-10 ; the pores developed usually on 



about 20 scales, but sometimes on nearly all of them. L. 3 inches. 



Massachusetts to Florida, abundant in sluggish streams near the coast. 



(Pomotis ohesiis Baird, Oth Smiths. Rept. 1854, 324: Brt/ttiis ohesus Girard, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sc. Phila. i859, 53; Jordan, Man. Vert. 245: Bryttus fasciatus Holhrook, Journ. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 51 : Bryttus fasciatus GUnther, i, 260 ; Cope, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1878, 65: Pomotis guttatus Morris, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859.) 



733. E. g^loriosus (Holbr.) Jor, 



Body oval, moderately compressed, the profile concave above eye. 

 Opercul^ir spot scarcely larger than pupil. Caudal about as long as 

 from snout to anterior margin of preopercle. Color olive-green, yellow- 

 ish below, speckled above with golden; no vertical bands; fins rosy, 

 with golden spots, often a dusky sjjot at base of caudal. Head 2^; 

 depth U. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 10. L. 2| inches. Maryland to Florida, 

 in clear sluggish streams. 



(Bryttus (jloriosus Holbr. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 51: Bryttus gloriosus 

 Gliuther, i, 280; Uhler & Lugger, Fishes Maryland, 112.) 



•ySl. E. samiilans (Cope) McKay. 



Body comparatively elongate. Mouth moderate, very oblique, the 

 maxillary reaching just past the front of orbit. Dorsal spines medium; 

 soft rays in the males somewhat elevated, reaching to or beyond (var. 

 pinniger) the base of the caudal; the longest soft ray as long as from 

 snout to front of opercle, or (var. pinniger) as long as head; fins in 

 females all lower ; i^ectoral fin reaching nearly to middle of anal. Eye 

 34 in head. Lateral line usually, but not always, complete. Color dark 

 olive; young with traces of vertical darker bars; ear-flap small, with a 



