134 TELEOSTEI : ACANTHOPTERI. — XX. 



pale olive, with 7 dark cross-bars on back; sides with 9 dark green- 

 ish blotches, between which are orange-yellow cross-bars; small 

 black spots at base of C. ; spinous D. with a median orange band, 

 and a dark blotch behind; 2d D. and C. barred. Head 3|; depth 

 4|. D. IX orX-13. A. II, 7. Scales 6-49 to 55-11. L. 2. 

 Stone K.. Tenn. (Lat., luteus, yellow; vinctus, banded.) 



it. Lateral line forming a slight curve above P.; body fusiform ; dor- 

 sals separate, subequal. (Boleichthys Girard.) 

 n. Cheeks scaly. 

 3C6. B. fusiforme (Girard). Body slender, terete ; snout short, 

 bluntish; mouth small, oblique; maxillary reaching beyond front 

 of eye; eye large, longer than snout; C. rounded; A. spines small. 

 Olivaceous, mottled with brownish ; back with 1 2 green cross-shades ; 

 sides with similar shades, sometimes with red spots; 1st D. black 

 below, with reddish spots above. Head 3f ; depth 6. D. IX or 

 X-10. A. II, C. Lat. 1. 50 (10 to 20 pores). Vert. 16 -4- 20 = 36. 

 L. 2. Mass. to S. C, Ind., Ark. and Texas, in lowland streams 

 and mud-holes, variable. Southeastward occurs a form or variety, 

 barratti Holbrook, similar but without red or blue. (Lat., spindle- 

 shaped.) 



367. E. eos (Jordan & Copeland). Body elongate, slender, the 

 tail very long; head long, the snout decurved; mouth small, little 

 oblique, the lower jaw slightly included. Dark olive, with darker 

 markings ; about 1 2 dark-blue cross-bars on back, with as many 

 short dull-blue bars between them on sides ; interspaces more or 

 less marked with red ; lower parts with irregular dark specks and 

 short lines; 2d D., C. and P. barred; 1st D. with blue and red. 

 Head 4; depth b\. D. IX- 11. A. II, 7. Lat. 1. 58; about 25 

 pores. L. 2^. Ind. to Minn.; abundant. (Probably a variety of 

 the preceding.) (qcor. sunrise.) 



ee. Lateral line wholly wanting. (Microperca Putnam.) 



368. E. microperca Jordan & Gilbert. Least Darter. Body 

 rather short and deep, compressed; snout somewhat decurved; 

 i links naked; opercles scaly; nape and breast naked; fins small; 

 anal spines strong. Olivaceous much speckled, and with zigzag 

 markings ; 2d D. and C. barred ; a dark humeral spot. Head 3| ; 

 depth A\. D. VI or VII- 10. A. II, 6. Lat. 1. 34. Vert. 14 + 16 

 = 30. L. 1 to 1^. Smallest of the darters, and one of the small- 

 est of fishes; common from X. Ind. to Minn. (Microperca punctu- 

 lata Putnam.) (piKpoi, small; nlptcr], perch.) 



159. PERCA (Artedi) Linnaeus. (Latin name from irtpKr], origi- 

 nally from ntpKos, dusky.) 



369. P. flavescens (Mitchill). Yellow Perch. Piinged 

 Perch. Body oblong, somewhat compressed, the back elevated; 

 cheeks scaly ; opercles mostly naked, striate ; premaxillaries pro- 



