250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [ June , 



Perca lahrax Linnaeus, understood by tautonomy) has priority over 

 Dicentrarchus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1860, pp. 109, 111 

 (type Perca elongata Geoff roy St. Hilaire = Perca lahrax Linnaeus 

 specified). 



CHRYSOPERCA subgen. nov. 

 Type Morone interrupta Gill. 



Dorsal fins slightly connected, spines robust and longest somewhat 

 more than half of head. Color brassy-yellow with about 7 distinct 

 longitudinal lines interrupted posteriorly. 



Related to subgenus Morone Mitchill, which has shorter fins well 

 connected, spines moderate and shorter, and coloration more silvery. 



{^Xpuao^j gold; T^ipy-ii, perch.) 

 Morone interrupta Gill. 



Two examples, probably cot5'^pes(?), from the Smiths. Inst. Both 

 would agree wuth Dr. Gill's statement concerning the anal spines, the 

 second of which is about equal to the third. 



Wabash River, Indiana (E. D. Cope). 



Morone amerioana (Gmelin). 



Newport, R. I. (Dr. W. Gibson) ; Bayport, Fla. (E. D. Cope); Mount 

 Desert, Me. (Dr. H. C. Chapman); Boston Harbor, Mass. (Dr. J. H. 

 Slack); Potomac River (Smiths. Inst.); New York Harbor (T. Norris). 



LIOPROPOMIN.E. 

 Labraoopsis japonicus Steindachner. 



Yokohama, Japan (D. S. Jordan and J. 0. Snjder). 



CENTROGENIIX.E. 

 To replace Myriodontinoe, Myriodon preoccupied. 

 Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy>iid Gaimard). 

 Singapore, Malacca (Dr. J. B. McCartee). 



POLYPRIONIN.E. 



Stereolepis gigas Ayres. Fig. 1. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1858, p. 28. ? Type No. 32,753, A. N. S. P. 

 Bay of San Francisco. 



Head 3^; depth 3J;D. XI, 9; P. 17; scales in lateral line to base of 

 caudal about 77? (squamation damaged) ; about 120? scales in a lateral 

 series to base of caudal along lateral line above; about 16? scales be- 

 tween origin of spinous dorsal and lateral line; about 27? scales in a 

 vertical series between origin of anal and lateral line; wndth of head 



