ADDENDA. 



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G/ossop/ites me/anops, (Grd.) Jordan. Two fine spe- 

 cimens, 6 inches long, of this species, taken in Lake 

 Michigan, June, 1876, show the following characters in 

 addition to those given in the text: 



Dark olive green above; sides greenish and brassy 

 with blotches of pale blue and bright coppery red the 

 latter shade predominating; belly bright brassy yellow, 

 profusely mottled with bright red; lower jaw chiefly yel- 

 low; iris bright red, as in most Sun Fishes; opercular 

 spot as large as eye, black, bordered with copper color; 

 three or four wide dark red bands radiating backwards 

 from eye across cheeks and opercles, separated by nar- 

 row pale blue ones; upper fins barred with black, orange 

 and blue, the former color predominating; lower fins 

 blackish; a small faint black spot on last rays of dorsal; 

 dorsal spines moderately high, very stout, the longest as 

 long as from snout to middle of eye; head 2f in length; 

 depth 2-J-; eye as long as snout, 4 to 5 in head; mucous 

 pores about head very large. 



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fchthe/is incisor, (C. & V.) Holbr. Some very large 

 specimens, taken in Lake Michigan, have the depth 

 considerably more than half length, the flap very large 

 and broad, sometimes an inch square, and the dorsal spot 



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