Article II. — Descripfio)/ of Xeiv [llinois Fishes. By S. 

 Forbes. 



LePOMIS GARMANI. 11. sp. 



.4 sniifish of tlie Xeiiotis sjroup. of average proportions, 

 rather thin in front, the dorsal outline before the fin well arched, 

 with a decided depression at the nape. Length 4 inches, depih 

 2.25 ill length. Color dark, with a purplish tint; sides striped 

 with rows of bronze blotches, one to each scale, about seven 

 rows below the lateral line. Sides of the head in alcoholic 

 specimens with an appearance of irregular lines. Opercular 

 flap large, about two-thirds the length of the eye. bordered 

 above and below, but not posteriori}^ with pale. Head 2.75 to 

 2.9 in length: nose 3.9 to 4.25: interorbital space slightly 

 greater than length of eye. — 3.4 to 3.75 in head. Mouth nor- 

 mal, moderate; rudimentary maxillary bone minute; upper jaw 

 below the mi<ldle of the pu])il; maxillary 2.85 to 3.1 in head, 

 scarcely reaching the front of the pupil; lower jaw 2 to 2.4; 

 teeth on vomer, not on palatines. Eye large, circular, 3.6 to 4. 

 (^lieeks with five rows of large scales; opercles with about six 

 longitudinal rows. Uill rakers very short and few — eight on 

 the lower part of the arch, their length about equal to the 

 diameter of the arch. Dorsal fin of moderate height, — X — 

 10 to 11. the longest spine 2 to 2.3 in head; length of spinous 

 dorsal 2.9 to 3.25 in body: of the soft dorsal 4,8 to 6.3. Anal 

 rn - 8 to 10. its height 4.7 to 5.7 in body, its length 4.2 to 5. 

 IVctoral rather long, reaching anal; ventrals surpassing the 

 vent. Lateral line high-arched, 34 to 41, longitudinal rows 5 

 to () and 13 to 15; 17 to 20 scales before dorsal. 



This well-marked little sunfish has been obtained l)y us 

 only in the Wabash Valley, from Little Fox River at Phillips- 

 town, and from the Wabash River and Drew ])ond at Carmi. 



Described from 15 specimens. 

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