134 TELEOSTEI : ACVNTIIOITEUI. — XX. 



palo olivo, with 7 dark cross-bars on hack ; si(h's witli 9 dark frrcen- 

 ish hlotrhes, K'twocn whic-li are oraiijie-yellow iross-hars; small 

 black spots at base of C; spinous I), with a median oranfje band, 

 and a dark blotch bi-hind ; 2d U. and C. barred. Head 3J; depth 

 4}. I). IX or X-13. A. II, 7. Scales 6-49 to 55-11. L. 2. 

 Stone K., Tenn. (Lat., luteun, yellow; ivno/«.s', banded.) 



it. Lateral line forming a siijrlit curve above P.; body fusiform ; dor- 

 sals separate, subequal. (Boleichthys Girard.) 

 n. Cheeks sealv. 



3G6. E. fusiforme ((iirard). Body slender, terete; snout short, 

 bluntish ; mouth small, oblique ; maxillary reaching beyond front 

 of eye; eye large, longer than snout; C. rounded; A. spines small. 

 Olivaceous, mottled with brownish ; back with 12 green cross-shades ; 

 sides with fimilar shades, sometimes with red spots ; 1 st D. black 

 below, with reddish spots above. Head 3| ; depth 6. D. IX or 

 X-10. A. II, 6. Lat. 1. 50 (10 to 20 pores). Vert. 16-|-20 = ;?6. 

 L. 2. Mass. to S. C, Ind., Ark. and Texas, in lowland streams 

 ami muil-holes. variable. Southeastward occurs a form or variety, 

 barratti llulbrook, similar but without red or blue. (Lat., spindle- 

 shaped.) 



3tJ7. E. eos (Jordan & Copcland). Body elongate, slender, tlie 

 tail very long; head long, the snout decurved; mouth small, little 

 obrupie, the lower jaw slightly included. Dark olive, with darker 

 markings; alx)ut 12 dark-blue cross-bars on back, with as many 

 short dull-blue bars between them on sides; interspaces more or 

 less marked with red ; lower parts with irregular dark specks and 

 short lines; 2d D., C. and P. barred; 1st D. with blue and red. 

 Head 4; depth 5j. I). IX- 11. A. II, 7. Lat. 1. 58; about 25 

 pores. L. 2 J. Ind. to Minn.; abundant. (Probably a variety of 

 the preceding.) (fjas. sunrise.) 



ee. I>ateral line ■NvlioUy wantinf;. (Micrnpercn Putnam.) 



368. £. microperca Jordan & Gillx^rt. Le.^st 1).a.rter. Body 

 rather short and deep, compressed ; -snout somewhat decurved ; 

 cheeks naked ; opercles scaly ; nape and breast naked ; fins small ; 

 anal spines strong. Olivaceous much speckled, and with zigzag 

 markings; 2d D. and C. barred; a dark humeral sjMit. Head 3 J ; 

 depth 4^. D. VI or VII- 10. A. II, G. Lat. 1. 34. Vert. 14 + 16 

 ^30. L. 1 to H. Smallest of the darters, and one of the small- 

 est of fishes ; coinm(m from X. Ind. to Minn. {^Microperca punctiP- 

 lata Putnam.) (fiucpSs, small; irf^Kij, perch.) 



159. PERCA (Arte<li) Linnopus. (Latin name from irtpici], origi- 

 nally from nipKos, dusky.) 

 3C9. P. flavescena (Mitchill). Ykm.ow Pkrcii. Ringed 

 Pk.im'H. liiMJy ()l)lung, somewhat compressed, the back elevated; 

 cheeks scaly ; opercles mostly naked, striate ; prema.\illaries pro 



