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II. Lateral line curved upward over the pectorals. 



n. Jaws about equal ; body elongated. . BOLEICHTHYS, 16. 

 kk. Lateral line incomplete; anal spine feeble. (See Addenda. 



p. 405.) VAILLAXTIA. 



kkk. No lateral line ; dorsal fins small, subequal, well separated ; 

 mouth small, with nearly equal jaws; scales large; size 

 smallest of all spiny-rayed nshes. . MICKOPEKCA, 17. 



/. AMMOCRYPTA, Jordan. SAND-DIVERS. 

 1. A. beanii, Jordan. BEAN'S DARTER. Body very 

 slender; general form and appearance of Pleurolepis; 

 dorsal tins very high; color translucent, with a golden 

 lateral band; dorsal tin with large black spots; D. X 

 10; A. I, 9; lat. 1. 65. Lower Mississippi; a remarkable 

 species. 



2. PLEUROLEPIS, Agassiz. PELLUCID DARTERS. 

 1. P. pel lucid us, (Baird.) Ag. SAND DARTER. Depth 6 

 to 8 in length; body nearly cylindrical; head elongated, 

 pointed; scales small, finely dotted, far apart, and deeply 

 imbedded; fins small; color pinkish white, pellucid in 

 life, with a series of small, squarish, olive (blue) blotches 

 along back, and another along sides, the spots connected 

 by a gilt line; D. X 9; A. I, 6; length 2 to 3 inches. 

 Ohio Valley, in sandy streams; one of the most interest- 

 ing of our fishes. 



3. PERCINA, Haldeman. LOG PERCHES. 



=Pi.hom<(, DeKuv. 



1. P. caprodes, (Raf.) Girard. LOG PERCH. HOG FISH. 

 ROCK FISH. Salmon yellow or greenish, with about 

 fifteen transverse dark bands from back to belly, these 

 usually alternating with shorter and fainter ones reach- 

 ing about to lateral line; a black spot at base of caudal; 

 belly with a row of enlarged plates, shed at some 



