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tint; lower jaw and belly white ; along the flanks run.s a dusky 

 band, more or less distinct according to the age of the fish; a 

 bluish-black spot on the point of the opercle. Total length 14 

 inches, but occasionally 24 inches. 



" Fin rays : D. 9,14; P. 14; V. 1,5; A. 3,12; C. 19." 

 (UHLER & LUGGER, Fishes of Md. <Rept. Fish Com. Md. 

 Ill, 1876.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Jordan, 1877. "In the Etowah, 

 Oostanaula, and Coosa Rivers [Ga,], . . . The yellow and 

 black caudal markings, so striking in young specimens from the 

 Ohio River, and which suggested to Rafinesque the name of 

 Galliums, are not well shown by my specimens. The lower fins 

 are unusually red, and there is a tendency to the formation of 

 parallel lines of dusky spots along the rows of scales. These 

 peculiarities perhaps indicate a permanent variety." (JORDAN, 

 Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. XI, 315, 1877.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Jordan, 1877. "The peculiar col- 

 oration of the caudal fin which suggested the name of Galliums, 

 ' base yellow, middle blackish, tip white,' belongs among Ohio 

 fishes only to the young of the Black Bass. Galliums, therefore, 

 as shown by Professor Gill, is a synonym of Micropterus, and 

 can not be applied to a distinct genus." (JORDAN, Contrib. N. 

 A, Ich. No. 1. <Bidl. U. S. Nat. Mus. IX, 18, 1877.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOFDES Hallock, 1877. "Head and body 

 dusky above, often with a greenish or bronzed tint; lower jaw 

 and belly white ; opercle with a bluish-green spot at its angle. 

 Along the flanks runs a dusky band, which is more or less ap- 

 parent according to the age of the fish. It is most remarked in 

 the young. Fins yellowish." (HALLOCK, Sportsman's Gazetteer, 

 373, 1877.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Jordan, 1878. "Dark green; young 

 brighter and more or less barred and spotted, but without lateral 

 band ; tail yellow at base, then black, and edged with white ; 

 opercle with oblique olivaceous streaks ; third dorsal spine half 



