482 COXTRIBUTIOXS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV, 



Texas; Dot comraon; like the preceding species, intermediate between 



Lepomis proper and EupomoUs. 



{Brijitiis alhulas Gnl. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 18.57: Girard, U. S. Pac. E. R. 

 Surv. X, 19: Br i/ttub- alb uhis Gun tiier, i, 2.59: XystropUtes gilli Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mns. X, 24, 1877; McKay, Proc, U. S. Nat Mus. 1881, 89.) 



** Lower pharyngeals broad; pliaryugeal teeth paved, sub.spherical in form, truncate 

 above. {Enpomotis Gill «& Jordan.*) 



■JoS. I^a EB®flfe)roo!iB (Cuv. & Val.) McKay. 



Body robnst, elevated,, the snout rather produced. Eye large, 4 in 

 head ; maxillary reaching front of orbit. Dorsal fin high, the spines 

 about as high as the soft rays; pectoral fins very long. Cheelis with 5 

 rows of scales. Gill-rakers rather long, obtuse, strongly toothed. Oper- 

 cular flap short,broad, with a broad orange margin below and behind. 

 No palatine teeth; pharyngeal teeth paved. Dusky olive, silvery be- 

 low; throat yellow; fins dark, with yellowish rays; no black dorsal spot. 

 Head 3|; depth 2^. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 11. L. 10 inches. South Caro- 

 lina to Florida; abundant. 



{Ponioiis IwlhrooM Cuv. & Val. vii, 46S, 1831: Pcmofis specionus Holbr. Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Pliihi. 1855,48: Pomotis microlophiis Giiutiier, i, 264: ^ XystropUfes loiighnarius 

 Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1877, 65: Eupomotis holhrooki Jordan, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mns. ii, 1879, 224.) 



756. 1.. Bsotataas (Agass.) McKay. 



Body robust, elongate, the snout projecting, the profile scarcely gib- 

 bous. Mouth rather wide, oblique, reaching the front of eye. Eye 

 rather large. Opercular flai) wide and rounded, shorter than in L. <jib- 

 bosus, with a rather wide pale border all around. Scales very large; 

 4 rows on cbeek. Spines rather high and strong, the longest dorsal 

 spine as long as from muzzle past middle of pupil. Soft fins high. 

 Gill-rakers short and not very stiff. Pharyngeal teeth i)aved. Color, 

 pale olive, mottled; a faint dorsal s])ot. Head 3; depth 2J; D. X, IL; 

 A. Ill, 11 ; scales 4-35-13. L. 8 inches. Illinois to Alabama. 



(Pomotis noiatus Ag. Amer, Journ. Sci. Arts, 1854, 3U2: Eupomotis palUdus Jordan, 

 Bull. IT. S. Nat. Mus. x, 21, 1877; not Pomotis paUidus Agass.) 



'S'5'y. 1,0 gnbboSMS (L.) McKay. — Common Sun-fish ; Bream; Pumplcin-seed; Sunny. 



Body short and deep, compressed, the profile steep, convex; usually 

 an angle above the eye. Head rather small. Mouth small, oblique, 

 the maxillary scarcely reaching the front of the eye. Dorsal spines 

 rather high, as long as eye and snout; the soft rays higher. Pectorals 



* Gill & Jordan, Field aud Forest, 1877, ii, 190: type Siyarus aureus Walbaum = P<>rca 

 gibhosah. (/?f, v\'oll; 7r(5/<o:, opercle; ot;?, ear. ) 



