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DARK-MARKED CENTRARCHU& 



Centrarchus notatus. 

 PLATE XIII. 



THIS species, of which we have no Notes, somewha 

 resembles the C. ceneus of Valenciennes, but the head 

 is covered with a dark spotting, and there is no 

 large spot on the opercle. In length it is eight inches 

 and a half, in depth three and a half. The colour is 

 a uniform olive-brown, five indistinct handed marks 

 running below the middle of the fish, the last entirely 

 across at the termination of the dorsal and anal fins. 

 At the base of each scale there is a dark rich umber- 

 brown spot, and the whole lower part of the head 

 and opercula are marked with rather large irregu- 

 larly rounded spots of the same colour. The dorsal 

 and anal fins are large, and are marked between the 

 rays with dark spots which run in bands. The tail 

 is similarly spotted; the ventral fins are length- 

 ened. 



D. 16/12 A. 7/12 C. 16. 



