85. PEECID^ — VAILLANTIA. 493 



dd. Body robust, compressed ; f.na A-ery high. 



€. Second dorsal with I'.i rays; lateral line about 40. 



yC?". B. offcaDgeMS (Grd.) Cope. 



Body ratbor slender; caudal peduncle not contracted ; opercular spines 



rudiniental ; muzzle abruptly decurved. Eye 3^ in Lead. Fins very 



high; caudal very much rounded; vent""als reaching anal; pectorals 



still longer. Color brown, with traces of nine spots on the side; muzzle, 



chin, and spot below the eye black ; fins black, the second dorsal and 



caudal with white specks. Head 4|; depth Gj. D. IX-13; A. II, 8; 



scales 5-40-0. L. 2^ inches. Maryland to North Carolina. {Cope.) 



(Arliva cffitlf/cns Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1859, 64; Cope, Proc. Am. 

 Pbilos. Soc. 1870, 2o9.) 



ec. Second dorsal with 10 rays; lat. 1. about 35. 



'J6§. B. vcxHiEas'e Jordan. 



Body rather short and stout; caudal j)eduncle not contracted; 

 opercular spine moderately develoijed ; space in front of dorsal fin 

 naked ; muzzle moderately decurved ; eye moderate. Second dorsal 

 very high, higher than long; jiectorals and ventrals long, nearly- reach- 

 ing anal. Coloration olivaceous, the sides with traces of vertical bars; 

 first dorsal, ventrals, and anal black; second dorsal and caudal strongly 

 barred with j^ale in fine pattern; head black in the male; lateral line 

 complete. Head 4; depth 4|. D. VIII-10; A. I, 7; scales 4-35-0. 

 L. 24^ inches. Eappahannock River, Warrenton, Va.; a single speci- 

 men known. 



(Jordan, Proc. (J. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 237.) 

 an. Dorsal spines 7. 

 ■yeO. B. assopcns Cope. 



Body stout, the back rather ele^vated; the caudal peduncle somewhat 

 contracted; muzzle somewhat decurved; mouth terminal. Dorsal fins 

 much elevated. Color light brown, with six small dark dorsal spots, 

 and ten similar small spots along the dorsal line; a bar around muzzle 

 and one beh)\v eye. D. Vn-14; A. 10; scales 5-47-8. L. 2;} inches. 

 Loyalsoc Creek, a tributary of Allegheny River. {Cope.) One speci- 

 men known, perhai)s an accidental variation. 



(Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Pliila. 1870, "ZIO.) 



255.— YAILLANTIA Jordan. 

 (Jordan, Bull. U. S Nat. Mus. xii, 89, 1H78; type Boleosoma camurtnti Forbes.) 



This genus agrees with Boleosoma in all respects, except that the 

 lateral line is incomplete, usually ceasing near the middle of the body. 

 (To L6on Vaillaut, author of an excellent monograph of these fishes.) 



