CHAPTER II. 

 NOMENCLATURE AND MORPHOLOGY. 



Genus MICROPTERUS LACPDE. 



ADDITIONAL SYNONOMY AND REFERENCES. 



Gry&es GtlNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., i, 252, 1859. 

 Huro GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., i, 255, 1859. 

 Grystes GUNTHER, Intro. Study of Fishes, 392, 1880. 

 Huro GUNTHER, Intro. Study of Fishes, 393, 1880. 

 Mffnptonu COPE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, 32, 1880. 

 Mwopterus COPE, Rept. Pa. Fish Com., 130, 1881. 

 Micropterus JORDAN and GILBERT, Syn. Fishes N. A., 484, 1882. 

 Miwopterus JORDAN, Geol. Surv. Ohio, iv, 942, 1882. 

 Mwropterus GILL, Standard Nat. Hist., iii, 230, 1885. 

 Micropierus JORDAN, Manual Vertebrates, 120, 1888. 



GENERIC CHARACTERIZATIONS. 



GRYSTES Gunther, 1880. "Body oblong, covered with scales 

 of moderate size. All the teeth villiform, without canines ; teeth 

 on the vomer and palatine bones. One dorsal fin with ten spines ; 

 anal with three; caudal fin rounded. Prseoperculum with a 

 single smooth margin. One species, from the fresh waters of the 

 United States (G. salmonoides) , attains to a length of more than 

 two feet. It is known by the name of * Growler/ and eaten." 

 (GUNTHER, Introduction to Study of Fishes, 393, 1880.) 



HURO Gunther, 1880. "Body oblong, compressed, covered 

 with scales of moderate size, All the teeth villiform ; bones of 



