38 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of JVorth .America. 



2. Centrarchus fasciatus, Lesueur. 



Body compressed ; back arched and gibbous. Of a dusky bluish color, often with trans- 

 verse bands. Anal fin with three spines. 

 D. 9, 1-14. P. 18. V. 5. A. 3-12. C. 16|. Length, 18 to 20 inches. 

 Lake Erie, Lesueur. New York, Dekay. Ohio, Kirtland. 



Cichla fasciata : Ohiensis : minima, Lesueur, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sc, n. pp. 116, 219. 



" " Black Bass of Lake Erie and the Ohio, Kirti-and's Report, p. 191. 



Centrarchus fasciatus, Black Fresh-water Bass, Dekay's Report, p. 28, pi. 1 1 1 , fig. 8. 



" " Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., v. p. 28, pi. 9, fig. I. 



3. Centrarchus sparoides, Val. 



This species is of a more rounded form than the C. hexacanthus. Its dorsal fin is longer 

 than that of the C. aeneus, and its anal fin is higher than that of any other species of the 

 genus. The color is greenish above, and beneath silvery. The whole body exhibits golden 

 reflections, and has numerous large black dots upon its sides, which form fourteen longi- 

 tudinal lines. 



D. 12-13 P. 11. V. 1-5. A. 9-15. C. 17. Length, 7 inches. 



South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Centrarchus a neuf 6pio.es, Centrarchus sparoides, Ctrv. et Val., vii. p. 459. 



" Dekay's Report, p. 31. 



4. Centrarchus pentacanthus, Cuv. 



Similar in form to the aeneus, but its anal fin has but five spines, and the dorsal ten. A 

 narrow blackish line runs longitudinally across each row of scales. The connecting mem- 

 brane of the fins is also marked with brown. 



D. 10-10. P. 14. V. 1-5. A. 5- 11- C 17. Length, 5 inches. 



River Wabash, Indiana, Cuv. 



Le Centrarchus a cinq epines, Centrarchus pentacanthus, Cuv. et Val., m. p S3. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 30. 



5. Centrarchus hexacanthus, Val. 



Forehead and back maculated and variegated with dusky spots on a ground of sea-green ; 

 similar spots extend downwards upon the upper half of the body, in irregular bands, on a 

 ground color of light green or yellow. The sides of the head and body are silvery and iri- 

 descent ; below, of a delicate white. Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins bordered with series of 

 irregular dusky spots, more distinct in old than in young specimens. Pectoral and ventral 

 fins ferruginous or yellowish. It differs from the sneus in the form of its dorsal, which is 

 lower before, more elevated at its posterior portion, and has but six spinous rays. 



D. 8-16. P. 12 V. 1-5. A. 6 -18. C. 17. Cuv. et Val. Length, (?). 



D.6-15. P. 12. V. 1-8. A. 6-19. C. 17|. Kirtland. Length, (?)• 



