84. CENTEAKCniD^ LEPOMIS. 481 



Pectoral fins loug. Olivaceous, i)lain in spirits; belly silvery; cheeks 

 not striped; usually a faint spot on last rays of dorsal, and sometimes 

 of anal also. Head 2.^; depth 2. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 11; scales 5-30-15. 

 Texas; one specimen known; distinguishable from Lepomis i)allidus only 

 by the blunt teeth. 



{PomofiH heros Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1854, 25: PomoUs hcros 

 Grd. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichtb. 6: Xystroplltes heros Jordau, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 

 244.) 



753. L.. curyoriis McKay. 



Body very robust, compressed; form nearly oval; dorsal outline 

 more convex than ventral; profile steep, convetx. Mouth oblique, 

 small; maxillary reaching front of eye. Outer teeth stronger than 

 others; teeth on front of palatines. Lower pharyngeals with the rather 

 long posterior spur turned up, stoutish; the inner angle rounded, some- 

 what obtuse. Teeth stout, very much blunted, not close set; the inner 

 considerably stronger and less blunt than the rest. Gill rakers short, 

 stout, about eight in number, the inner surface roughened. Maxillarj- 

 with a small but perfectly distinct supplemental bone. Eye very small, 

 considerably less than length of snout. Scales on cheeks in G-7 rows. 

 Opercular flap nearly as long as snout, surrounded by a very broad, 

 paler, membranous margin; scales on the opercle large, in 5 rows. 

 Dorsal spines low, the longest as long as from snout to eye; much 

 lower than soft rays. Caudal peduncle and fin short and broad; ven- 

 trals and pectorals short, reaching vent. Scales on breast larger than 

 those on cheeks. Head 3|; depth 2|. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; scales G- 

 43-14. L. G§ inches. Lake Huron; one specimen known. 

 (McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1881, 89.) 



'7.54. I<. albu]|Bis (Grd.) McKay. 



Body elongate, rather deep mesially. Caudal peduncle rather elon- 

 gate. Snout i)rojecting, forming an angle above eye. Mouth wide, 

 the lower jaw projecting; maxillary reaching just past front of pui)il. 

 Eye as long as opercular flap, 4^ in head; flap moderate, broad, with a 

 A'ery wide pale edge below and behind. Dorsal spines moderate, as 

 long as snout and half of orbit. Five rows of scales on cheek. Lower 

 pharyngeal teeth blunt, almost paved. Light olive, uniform in spirits; 

 traces of dusky mottlings on last rays of dorsal and anal. Head 2.i; 

 depth 2. D. X, 10; A. Ill, 9; scalesG-42-13. L. 5 inches. Florida to 



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