Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 997 



1892. APOMOTIS ISCHYRUS (Jordan & Nelson). 



Head 2j; depth 2& ; eye 4| iu head, smaller than opercular spot. D. IX 

 or X, 12 ; A. Ill, 9 or 10. Scales 5-46-14, 6 rows on cheek. Form of Lepomis 

 2>aUi(liin. Body robust, rather elevated; month wide, the maxillaries 

 reaching middle of orbit ; supplemental maxillary bone well developed. 

 Palatine teeth present. Occiput prominent; top of head flat and short, 

 forming an angle with the descending profile. Fins high ; dorsal spines 

 rather low and strong, the longest equal to distance from tip of snout to 

 middle of orbit ; opercular flap large, entirely surrounded by a broad 

 pale edge. Gill rakers long. Color in spirits dusky olive, mottled with 

 orange and blue; cheeks with broad, faint blue bands; a dusky spot on 

 dorsal and anal behind ; belly and lower fins coppery yellow ; lower jaw 

 and lower parts of head leaden blue. Length 7 inches. Upper Missis- 

 sippi Valley ; rare, known only from western Illinois, (laxvpbc, robust.) 



Lepiapomus iscliynis, JORDAN & NELSON, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 25, 1877, Illinois River; 



(Coll. S. A. Forbes). 

 Lepomis iscliyrus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 474, 1883; BOLLMAN, I. c., 50. 



1393. APOMOTIS PHENAX (Cope & Jordan). 



Head 2 (3 without flap); depth 2 ; eye small, 5 ; snout 4f . D. X, 10 ; 

 A. II [, 9; scales 7-44-12,7 rows on cheek. Form of Lepomis pallidus, 

 Body rather short and deep ; snout short, projecting, forming an angle 

 over the eye. Mouth moderate, the lower jaw slightly the longer, the 

 maxillary reaching pupil ; the supplemental bone strong ; opercular spot 

 larger than eye. Gill rakers very long. Dorsal spines short and strong, 

 the longest as long as from snout to middle of eye; pectorals long j soft 

 dorsal high ; anal higher. Color in spirits nearly plain olive green ; no 

 black spot on dorsal or anal. Length 6 inches. Beesley Point, New Jer- 

 sey ; only two specimens known (in Coll. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.). These 

 specimens are referred by Bollmau to Apomotis ischyrus, on the supposi- 

 tion of error in locality. We have recently been permitted* to examine 

 the types of A. phenax. It seems to differ from A. iscliyrus in the some- 

 what smaller eye, the smaller and less bony opercular flap, and in the 

 coloration. Both ischyrus and phenax are well separated from cyanellus, 

 but both are near punctatua, and more material is needed to fix the status 

 of each. (0evdf, deceptive, having the maxillary of Apomotis cyanellus 

 and the form of Lepomis pallidus. ) 



Apomolis phenax, COPE & JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 26, 1877, Beesley Point, New 



Jersey ; locality possibly erroneous. 

 Ijepomis plienax, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 474, 1883. 



1394. APOMOTIS PUNCTATUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3; depth 1|; eye large, 3| to 4 in head. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; 

 scales 6-40 to 45-13; pores 38 to 40 ; 7 rows on cheek. Body deep, com- 

 pressed, the profile steep; an angle above the eye. Mouth moderate; 



* Through the kindness of Dr. Edward J. Nolan of the Philadelphia Academy. 



