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Soft anal similar to soft dorsal, second ray about longest. Caudal 
rather small, lobes distinct, rounded, so that edge of fin is a little 
emarginate. Pectoral low, broad, upper rays longest and almost 
reaching origin of spinous anal. Ventral inserted a trifle in 
advance of origin of spinous dorsal and a little behind origin of 
pectoral. Ventral spine slender, a little more than half length 
of fin. Depressed ventral reaching about as far posteriorly as 
tip of depressed pectoral. Vent near origin of anal. Color in 
alcohol dull brown, back a little deeper in color, and series of very 
indistinct spots forming longitudinal lines in courses of scales on 
side of body. Opercular flap with a deep brown blotch about 
equal to orbit. Fins all plain brown. Iris dull brassy-white. 
Length 6 inches. No. 13,188, Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia. Type (cotype) of Apomotis phenax Jordan. Bees- 
ley’s Point. Dr. Joseph Leidy. Also another example with same 
data. 
These examples are the only ones known to me and the locality 
where they were supposed to have been secured has ben ques- 
tioned. The species has never been rediscovered near Beesley’s 
Point, to my knowledge, though at the same time it is possible 
that it may occur in some of the neighboring fresh waters. Pro- 
visionally I shall consider it distinct from Apomotis ischyrus 
(Jordan). Drs. Jordan and Evermann point out distinctive char- 
acters, though as yet I have not examined specimens of A. 
ischyrus. The air-vessel of Lepomis phenax has not been ex- 
amined, though in structure it may be found most likely identical 
with that of species of Lepomis. 
Apomotis phenax Cope and Jordan, in Jordan, Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., X, 1877, p. 26.—Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1, 
1879, p. 100, types.—Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus., XLVII, I, 1896, p. 999, from types. 
Chenobryttus phenax Cope, in Jordan, 1. c., MS. name only. 
Lepomis phenax McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., III, 1881, p. 
88, name only.—Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xXVis 
1882, p. 474, copied. 
Apomotis cyanellus Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ed. I, I, 
1895, p. 21, part. 
