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teeth on vomer and front of palatines. Gill-rakers moderate, 9 or 10 de- 

 veloped. Supplemental maxillary scarcely appreciable. Eye equal to 

 interorbital width. Cheeks with 7 rows of scales. Spinous dorsal rather 

 high, the longest spine about as long as from tip of snout to pupil; pec- 

 torals short, scarcely reaching vent. Scales small, reduced on breast. 

 Dark greenish ; a black sijot on dorsal as in L. cyamellus. Head 2| ', 

 depth 3. D. X, 10 ; A. Ill, 9 ; scales 7-42-15. Texas. 



{CaUiurus murinus Grd. U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fish. 1858, 18, pi. 7, fig. 1 ; the other 

 specimens examined by Girard belong to L. cyanellas : Bryttus murinus Gunther, i, 

 260; McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1881,88.) 



'5'44. li. pMMClatQis (Cuv. &. Val.) Jor. 



Body deep, compressed, the i)rofile steep; an angle above the eye. 

 Mouth moderate; maxillary reaching i^ast anterior margin of eye; sup- 

 plemental maxillary present, small. Palatine teeth present. Gill-rakers 

 rather long, stiff, and stroug. Opercular flap small, short, and deep, 

 shorter than eye. Eye large, 4 in head. Scales on the cheeks in 7 

 rows. Dorsal spines high, the middle ones highest, nearly as long as 

 snout and orbit. Olivaceous, with numerous small deep brown spots, 

 smaller than pin-heads, resembling fly-specks; these are most distinct 

 on the lower part of the sides, where they form lines along the rows of 

 scales, and on the opercles ; sometimes they cover the whole body. Fins 

 plain dusky. Head 3; depth IJ. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; scales C-40-13. 

 L. 5 inches. Streams of Florida; a handsome species, known at sight 

 by the peculiar coloration. 



{Bryttus punctatus and reticulatus Cuv. & Val. vii, 402 ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. ii, 224, 1879: Lepomis apiatm Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1877, 65: Lcpi- 

 opomus apiatus Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 25, 1877.) 



745. L. Boairaaalus Jordan. 



Body oblong and somewhat regularly elliptical. Mouth rather large. 

 Opercular flap short and broad, entirely black. Scales of cheek in 

 4 series. Eye large, 3.J in head. Gill-rakers shortish, but stiff and 

 rough. Palatine teeth present. Dorsal spines rather long, as long as 

 from snout to posterior edge of pupil. Pectorals long. Color dark, a 

 scarlet spot on each scale, forming red longitudinal stripes; a dusky 

 mark on each side of each red spot; belly largely orange red; fins dark ; 

 no dorsal spot; iris red. Head 2a ; depth 2^. D. X, 10; A. HI, 9; 

 scales 4-40-11. L. 4 inches. Alabama to Texas; not rare; a small, 

 brightly colored species. 



(Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 20, 1877.) 



