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Amblodon lineatus Agassiz, Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1855, 307 (Osage River). 
Haploidonotus lineatus Gill, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 105 (name only). Jor- 
dan, Man. Vert., ed. i, 242, 1876 (copied). 
Amblogon neglectus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, 167 (Rio Grande). 
Girard, U. S. and Mex. Bound. Survey, 12, plate v, fig. 6-10, 1859 (Rio Grande, 
Matamoras). 
Haploidonotus neglectus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 105 (name only). 
Corvina (Amblodon) neglecta Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, vi, 1867, 38 (‘f southern part 
of the west coast of the United States”). 
Habitat.—F resh waters of the Eastern United States, chiefly west of 
the Alleghanies; Great Lakes to Dakota, and Texas. 
This species is one of the common inhabitants of our deep and slug- 
gish rivers and of our lakes. Under favorable circumstances it reaches 
a large size, and a weight of 40 to 50 pounds. It is held in rather low 
esteem as a food-fish, its flesh being rather coarse and flavorless. In 
the lake region, as the ‘‘ Sheepshead,” it is altogether worthless, but 
farther south it holds a higher rank, the “‘ White Perch” of the Ohio 
being regarded as a tolerable food-fish. In Texas the same species, as 
the “ Gaspergou,” is regarded as one of the best of the river fish. 
There is no doubt that all of the nominal species above enumerated 
should be referred to a single one, A. grunniens. 
Genus XX VIL—EQUES. 
Eques Bloch, Ichthyologia, 1793 (americanus=lanceolatus). 
Equietus Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, 1815, 86 (substitute for Hques, the latter 
name being considered too short). 
Pareques (Gill Mss.) Goode, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., v, 50, 1875 (acuminatus). 
TYPE: Eques americanus Bloch=Ohetodon lanceolatus L. 
This genus is one of the most remarkable in the family in respect to 
its osteology, as well as to the coloration of some of its species. One 
of the four known species, Hques acuminatus, resembles considerably 
Scicena and other typical members of the family, while the bizarre form 
and coloration of Hques lanceolatus gives it some resemblance to the 
Chetodonts. The two other species are, however, intermediate, and we 
know of no sufficient character on which Pareques can be maintained 
as a distinct genus. 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF EQUES. 
a. Dorsal rays X to XII-I, 36 to 46; first five or six of the interneurals * wedged in 
between the neurals of the second and third vertebra, the rest between 
third and fourth. (Pareques Gill.) 
b. Profile elongate, rather steep, but not nearly vertical; distance from snout to 
first dorsal spine about equal to depth of body (form approaching that 
of Sciwna wmbra). 
c. Dorsal spines little elevated, the longest about 54 in length of body; vertica- 
fins unspotted ; body oblong, compressed, the back somewhat elevated ; 
eye about equal to snout, 4 in head; interorbital area not quite as broad 
as eye; preorbital 14 in eye; mouth larger than in Lques punctatus, max- 
* Not examined in Lques pulcher. 
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