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GENUS PERCINA, Hald. 
2. Percina caprodes (Raf.) Grd. (No. 27,424, U. S. Nat. Mus.) 
Percina caprodes, JORDAN, Annals N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. 1877, 312 (Synonomy) 
A single specimen of the “Hog-fish”, taken from the Chickasawha, 
has been sent me by Mr. W. A. Warner. 
GENUS HADROPTERUS, Agassiz. 
3. Hadropterus spillmani, Hay, sp. nov. (No. 27,432.) 
Body elongated, compressed. Head in the length about 4 times. 
Depth in the length, exclusive of the caudal fin, 5 times. Eye equal to 
snout, and one-fourth the length of the head. 
Lateral line with from 56 to 60 scales, 6 rows above and 9 below. A 
row of enlarged, non-deciduous, ctenoid plates along the middle of the 
belly. Cheeks and opercles scaled. The whole chest covered with 
small plates or scales. 
The fin-rays as follows: D. XII, 12; A. II, 9. Spinous dorsal about 
nine-tenths as long as the head, and one-half as high as long; soft dor- 
sal three-fifths as long as the head, and five-sixths as high as long; anal 
equal in length to the soft dorsal, and about as high as long. Ventrals 
and pectorals reaching back about to the same point, two-thirds the dis- 
tance from the base of the ventrals to the vent. Caudal fin truncated. 
Spinous and soft dorsals well separated. | 
The snout is rather pointed; upper jaw not protractile ; mouth moder- 
ate, the maxillary reaching back to a vertical from the anterior of the 
orbit. Teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Mouth slightly oblique. 
The general color is dark above, reddish yellow below. The sides are 
crossed by about a dozen brown bands, which are broadest along the 
lateral line, where coalescing they form a dark horizontal band. ‘This 
band becomes narrower and better defined on the head, and is contin- 
ued along the upper edge of the opercle and cheek, through the eye, to 
the tip of the snout. A narrow dark line runs downward and forward 
from the lower edge of the orbit. There are three well-defined spots at 
the base of the caudal fin. 
The vertical fins are blotched more or less with dusky colors; the 
ventrals are bluish black, while the pectorals are lighter. 
The cheeks and the occipital region are pale in color; the snout and 
interorbital space are bluish black. 
Length, exclusive of caudal fin, 3 inches. 
This species is allied to H. nigrofasciatus, a description of which is 
given by Professor Jordan in the Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. 1577, 310. 
Judging from a comparison of my specimens with his description, I 
think that they evidently belong to a distinct species. 
Several specimens of this handsome fish were caught with small 
hooks in a branch flowing into the Chickasawha at Enterprise. I dedi- 
eate it to my friend Rey. William Spillman, M. D., of Enterprise, who 
