85. PERCIDiE— ULOCENTRA. 495 



spines ; anal smaller than second dorsal, with two well-developed spines, 

 the "first the longer. Small species, rather brightly colored. [ouXix;^ com- 

 plete ; ziv-^yoy, spine ; the development of the anal spines distinguishing 

 it from Boleosoma.) 



a. Lateral line incomplete. 



■772. II. phSox (Cope) J. & G. 



Vermillion rod, with faint small brown dorsal spots; a series of similar 

 blue spots along the lateral line. Spinous dorsal with a dark blue bor- 

 der; second dorsal with a dark shade; caudal cross-barred. Body rather 

 stout. Head compressed. Mouth terminal, the premaxillaries freely 

 protractile ; opercular spine strong. Cheeks and opercles naked. Breast 

 and neck scaleless or nearly so. Scales rather large, the belly s(;aled 

 like the sides. Gill-membranes not described. Lateral line straight, 

 reaching middle of second dorsal. Anal fin small, other fins large. D. 

 X-12; A. 11,5; scales 5-52-8. L. 2 inches. Trinity River, Texas. {Cope.) 



{Bohosoma phlox Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvii, 30, 1880.) 

 TYS. U. Sti^^Bilcea Jordan. — Specie. 



Body slender, formed as in BoleoHoma. Head narrow and thin, the 

 snout somewhat pointed, obliquely truncate in profile. Mouth narrow, 

 horizontal, subinferior, its cleft nearly reaching eye; premaxillaries little 

 protractile. Lateral line extending to opposite middle of second dorsal. 

 Scales rather large. Opercles, cheeks, and neck scaly; breast naked. 

 Gill-membranes not very broadly joined; opercular spine sharp. Fins 

 rather large; caudal emarginate. Olivaceous, tessellated and speckled 

 above; sides with about 8 W shaped dark green blotches below the lat- 

 eral line and various duller ones above; upper parts in the larger speci- 

 mens sprinkled with small orange spots, which are more conspicuous 

 after death, when the green has faded. Fins mottled ; spinous dorsal 

 with a band of orange-red above, and one or two narrow dark ones below 

 it. A dark stripe forward and another downward from eye. Head 4J ; 

 depth 5. D. X-12 ; A. II, 7 ; scales 5-40-7. L. 2.} inches. Georgia to 

 Louisiana; rather common in the ponds and streams of the hill country. 



(Boleosoma siif/nurum Jordan, Ann. Lye Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 311.) 

 aa. Lateral line complete. 



774. IT. aSrai>iniii*4 Jordan. 



Body rather short, somewhat compressed behind. Head extremely 

 short and deep, the snout very short and abrui)tly rounded, as in Dip- 

 lesium. Eye large. Mouth small, with equal jaws. Cheeks and o])er- 



