ICHTHYOLOGY. 



5 



Catal. 

 No. 



388 

 389 

 390 

 391 

 392 

 393 

 394 

 395 

 503 

 504 

 505 

 506 



No. of 



6p C. 



1 



1 

 1 



1 



6 

 4 



5 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 



Age. 



Adult.. 



Young . 



..do.... 



Young . 



..do 



..do 



..do 



Locality. 



Rio Frio, Tex. 



Rio Nueces, Tex 



Live Oak creek, Tex 

 Turkey creek, Tex. . 



Rio Leona, Tex 



Elm creek, Tex 



Texas 



List of specimens. 



When collected. 



San Juan river, N. Leon 



Rio Sabinal, Texas 



Dry creek, Tex 



San Pedro creek, Tex. 



Minneville river, Tex 



Whence obtained 



1851 

 1851 

 1851 

 1851 

 1851 

 1851 

 1851 



1853 



Nov., 

 Nov., 



1854 

 1854 



Nov., 1854 



iSOV , 



1854 



Col. J. D. Graham 



do 



.do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Limit D. N. Couch 



M:ij. Emory 



do 



*\ 



do 



do 



No. 





Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic 



do 



do 



d 



o 



do 



do 



do 



60 



55 



110 



52 



do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 





C ALLIURUS LONGULUS, G r d . 



Plate IV, Figs. 1—4. 



Spec. Char. — Mouth moderate ; gape oblique upwards. Posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line 

 intersecting the pupil. Eyes moderate. Insertion of ventrals situated opposite the inferior edge of the base of the pectorals, 

 and posteriorly to the origin of the dorsal ; their tips extending to the vent. Scales moderate. Reddish brown above ; 

 greyish beneath . Soft portion of dorsal and anal fins provided with a black patch. 



Syn.— Pomotis longidus, B. & G. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VI, 1853, 391 ; and, in Marcy's Expl. Red river of 



La. 1853,245, pi. xii. 

 Bryttus longulus, B. & G. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 25. 



This species is described, illustrated, and compared to its congeners in the "Ichthyology of 

 the TL S. P. R. E. Explorations and Surveys." 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 



No. 



405 

 406 



Wo. of 

 spec. 



2 



4 



Age, 



Locality 



Adult. Rio Cibolo, Texas 





. .do, . 



Minneville Rio, Texas 





When 

 collected 



1851 

 1854 



Whence obtained. 



Orig. 

 No. 



Col. J. D. Graham.... 



Maj. Emory 



6 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Collected by 



Alcoholic. John II. Clark 



do....! Dr. C. B. Kennerly 





1. POMOTIS SPECIOSUS, B . & G . 



Plate IV, Figs. 5—8. 



Spec. Char.- Body sub-elliptical in profile. Head small ; snout bluntly sub-conical. Mouth small ; posterior extremity of 

 maxillary extending to the anterior rim of the orbit. Inferior edge of preorbital and limb of preopercle finely serrated. Auricular 

 flap small. Spinous portion of dorsal fin elevated. Anal spines well developed. Caudal emarginated. Reddish brown, lighter 

 k««««+u v^.,«» *««. _t_ u„„^ n j i?:«« ^.Atr^K rwi* vaMnwUh •- a black, natch uoon the dorsal. 







Syn\— Pomotis speciosus, B. & G. in Proc. Acad. Nat, Sc. Philad. VII, 1854,24. 



