85. PERCID.E rCECILICHTHYS. 519 



6-47-7, the tubes of the lateral line ou about 35 scales. L. 3 inches. 

 Chickamauga Eiver, Georgia. 



(Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 1878,227; Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. I^at. Mus. xii, 

 59, 1878.) 



ee. Lateral line forming a slight curve above tbe pectorals; dorsals subequal; dorsal 

 spines 9 or 10. {Boleickthytf* Grd.) 

 g. Clieeks scaly. 



815. P. fecjtSerHacMMS Hay, (sp. nov.). 



Body elongated, contracted behind ventral fins; dorsal region ele- 

 vated. Mouth horizontal, small; maxillary extending to opposite 

 anterior edge of pupil. Opercles with 2 rows of scales along lower 

 edge; cheeks densely scaled; lateral line running high, extending to 

 opposite end of anterior dorsal, on 18 scales. Pale greenish, yellow- 

 below; above and on sides much mottled with brown; about 10 square 

 blotches along back; a dark spot on opercle, one behind and one below 

 eye; a streak on snout between eyes; dorsals with dark markings; a 

 red streak along margin of spinous dorsal; anal tin nearly white; cau- 

 dal barred. Head 4 in length; depth 5f. Eye 3^ in head. Caudal 

 peduncle 32 in body. D. IX-11; A. II, fi; scales 3-44-12. Black 

 Eiver, Mississippi. {Hay MSS.) 



816. P. Usarrafti (Holbr.) J. & G. 



Body comparatively short, chubby and compressed. Head rather 



large. Mouth large, oblique ; the jaws equal, the teeth rather strong. 



Eye large, 3 in head. Scales large, varying in number. Lateral line 



beginning at the eye, arched high over the pectorals and ceasing about 



midway of the body, developed on about 20 scales. Opercular si)ine 



strong. Dorsal fins moderate, about equal, separated by an interspace. 



Color greenish, with dark specks; fins mottled; a dark line downward 



and one lorward from eye; a series ot rather small greenish blotches 



along each side and ou the back. Head 3f ; depth i^. D. X-12; A. 



II, 7; lateral line 45-55. L. 2 inches. Maryland to Illinois and south- 



wai'd ; chietiy in streams of the low-lands. 



{Bolcosoma barratti Holbr. Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila. 1855, 5fi: Uololepis harrnlli 

 Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18(34, 233: UoJolepix barratti Vaillant, 1. c. 127: Bo- 

 h'ichthijs clcfjans .Jordan, Amer. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 308: Bolcichtln/s elcf/ans 

 Jordan, Man. Vert. 404, and probably of Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 

 104.) 



* Boleichihys GirsLTd, Proc. Acad. Nat. Bci. Phila. 1859, 103: type Boleiclithys exilic 

 Grd. {fioXii, dart; ix^Jvi, lish.) 



