40 Slorer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



D. 15-10. P. 13. V. 1-5. A. 4-9. C. 16. Length, 8 inches. 

 Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 



Le Centrarchus a qualre epines, Centrarchus tetracanthus, Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 460. 



10. Centrarchus obscurus, Dekay. 



Body not gibbous. Of a general greenish brown, or dark olive-color, with faint metallic 

 bronze on the upper parts ; beneath, lighter. 

 D. 9, 1-12. P. 16. V. 1-5 A. 3- 12. C 17§. Length, 6 inches. 

 New York, Dekay. 



Centrarchus obscurus, Ohscure Freshwater Bass, Dekay's Report, p. 30, pi. 17, fig 43. 



GENUS XIV. POMOTIS, Cuv. 



A few denticulaiions, more or less obvious, on the borders of the preoper- 

 culum. Palatines and tongue smooth, and without teeth. Minute teeth on the 

 jaws, vomer, and pharyngeals. Branchial rays, six. A membranous elonga- 

 tion at the angle of the operculum. 



1. Pomotis vulgaris, Cuv. 



The general color of this species is a greenish brown, with spots of blue and yellow upon 

 each side. Longitudinal, undulating, deep blue lines across preoperculum and operculum, 

 with rusty yellow blotches interspersed. Head of a darker color lhan the body generally. 

 At the posterior angle of the operculum, a large black spot, embracing a portion of the oper- 

 culum, and a fleshy prolongation, having a bright scarlet-colored margin. All the fins 

 more or less colored with black. 



D. 10-12. P. 13. V. 1-5. A. 3 -10. C. 17. Length, 6 to 9 inches. 



Massachusetts, Stoker. New York, Mitchill. Cleveland Harbour, Bayous of Cuya- 

 hoga, Kiktland. Common in the rivers, creeks, and ponds of Kentucky, Rafinesque. 

 Lake Huron, Richardson. South Carolina, Catesby. 



Perca fluvialilis gibbosa venire luteo, Freshwater Perch, Catesby, n. p. S. 

 L^brus auritus, Turton's Linneus, i. p. 794. 

 " " Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 482. 



" " Mitchill, Trans. Lit. et Phil. Soc. N. Y., i. p. 403. 



Ichlhalis aurita, Rafinesque, tenth. Ohien., p. 29. 



Le Pomotis commun, Pomotis vulgaris, Cuv. et Val., hi. p. 91, pi. 49, et vn. p. 465. 

 Pomotis vulgaris, Northern Pomotis, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 24, fig. 76. 

 " " Jardine, Nat. Lib., I. 162. 



Fresh-water Sun-fish, Pond Perch, Bream, Storer's Report on the Fishes of Mass., p. 11. 

 " Sun-fish, Roach, Kirtland's Report on Zool. of Ohio, p. 191. 

 " Harlequin Roach, Bust. Journ. Nat. Hist., m. p. 471, pi. 23, fig. 11. 

 " Common Pond-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 31, pi. SI, fig. 166. 



