NOMENCLATURE AND MORPHOLOGY. 17 



fin emarginate. Size large. Two species, among the most im- 

 portant of American 'game-fishes.'" (JORDAN and GILBERT, 

 Syn. Fishes N. A. <^Bull U. 8. Nat. Mus., xvi, 484, 1882.) 



MICROPTERUS Jordan, 1882. (Same description as the pre- 

 ceding one.) (JORDAN, Geol. Surv. Ohio, iv, 942, 1882.) 



MICROPTERUS Gill, 1885. "This genus is distinguished by 

 the comparatively elongate form of the body, the low dorsal, and 

 especially the slight development of the spines, which decrease 

 to the soft portion, leaving a considerable emargination between 

 the bulk of the spinous and the soft portions. The operculum 

 has a spiniform projection ; the mouth is large, and the caudal 

 emarginated." (GiLL, Standard Nat. Hist., iii, 230, 1885.) 



MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU LAC^PEDE 

 THE SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. 



ADDITIONAL SYNONOMY AND REFERENCES. 



1876 Micropterus salmoides NELSON, Bull. Ills. State Lab. Nat, 



Hist., i, 37. 

 Micropterus salmoides GOODE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 



49, 1879. 

 Micropterus salmoides GOODE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 



28, 1880. 

 Micropterus salmoides BEAN, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 96, 



1880. 

 Micropterus salmoides COPE, Rept. Pa. Fish Com., 130, 



1881. 

 1881 Micropterus dolomieu McKAY, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



iv, 93. 

 Micropterus dolomieu JORDAN and GILBERT, Syu. Fishes 



N. A., 485, 1882. 

 Micropterus dolomieu JORDAN, Geol. Surv. Ohio, iv, 948, 



1882. 



