84. CENTRAECHIDiE — LEPOMIS. 479 



opercles; opercular flap very small, unraargined. Ej-e large; a slight 

 angle in front of the eye. Gill-rakers unknown. Mouth moderate, 

 placed very low; the premaxillaries entirely below the eye; maxillary 

 extending back to the middle of the pupil. Dorsal spines moderate, 

 the last ones somewhat shortened. Anal fin large; pectorals and ven- 

 trals reaching anal. Scales of cheek in 5 rows. Light brown; fins 

 pale, unspotted. Scales of belly and sides dotted with golden orange. 

 Head 2!^; depth 2i D. X, — ; A. Ill, — ; scales T)-?-!!. L. 4 inches. 

 {Agassiz.) Tennessee River. Known to us from the original descrip- 

 tion and from a tracing of a drawing received from Professor Bliss. 

 {Pomotisl)omhifrons Agassiz, Amer. Jonru. Sci. Arts, 1854, 303.) 



aaa. Supplemontary maxillary obsolete : gill-rakers slender, rather stiff. {Helioperca'* 

 Jordan.) 

 d. Palatine teeth present. 



V-SO. li. IllimiBas (Grd.) Cope. — Eed-spotted Siinfish. 



Body oblong. Scales large. Spines rather high. Profile not very 

 steep. Eye 3J in head ; mucous pores on head very large ; opercular 

 flap rather long, broad, with a very broad red margin which entirely 

 surrounds the black. Gill-rakers rather long, blunt, 8-10, well de- 

 veloped; cheeks with about 5 rows of scales. Bluish, with conspicuous 

 greenish spots and mottlings posteriorly; sides with many conspicuous 

 round salmon-red spots; usually a faint black spot on last rays of 

 dorsal; belly and lower fins red. Head 2:]; depth 2|. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 

 9; scales 5-31-11. L. 3 inches. Kentucky to Kansas and Texas; lo- 

 cally abundant; a small, highly-colored species. 



(Bryttus himilis Girard, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, 201; Girard, U. S. Pac. 

 E. R. Snrv. Fish. 18.58, 21: Lepomis anafiaJlinus Cope, Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1868, 221: Lepomis auagaUinus Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 3, 240: '^Bryttus oculatusi Cope, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18(55, 83: ? Lepomis oculatitti Cope, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 18f)8. 221. 



dd. Palatine teeth none ; a black blotch on last rays of dorsal. 



751. L. palBidias (Mitch.) Gill «fc Jor. — Blue Siinfinh; Copjier-nosed Bream; DoL 

 lardcc. 



Body comparatively short and deep, compressed; the young slender, 

 the adult nearly orbicular. Caudal peduncle rather slender. Head not 



'Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876,355: type Ldbrus pallidm Mitch. {rjXiov, 

 sun; 7r/rp;<'7;, perch.) 



\ L. oculaius Cope. 



Similar to L. humilis, but the body deeper, the caudal peduncle and fin forming 

 but one-third of the length. Head short; opercular flap long, with a black spot as 

 large as eye, surrounded by a broad pale margin; body without red spots. Depth 2^. 

 Scales 5-32-11. L. 3. {Cope.) Minnesota. 



