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472 F'ishes of the Ohio 
New York. The pectoral and ventral fins in the 
western fish are not yellowish as in those of New 
York; but I still believe them to be specifically 
identical. It does not agree in the number of rays 
in the a nor the color of the membranous ap- 
pendage with that described under the same name 
by Rafinesque; but there is considerable variation 
in the specimens from different localities. 
P. nitida. Kirtland. The Sun-Fish. Red eyes. 
Plate XXVIII. Fig. 1. 
^ Bo: ead short, abrupt. Eyes full, vermilion-colored. ` 
` S £3 aws set with numerous small teeth. Operculum 
ps I val, appendage large, black, edged with vermilion 
d e cept at its superior and anterior edger which is 
bluish white. 
| Body c , oval. Back aibbous between 
; . the eyes and d fin. Vent post- medial. Lateral 
š upwards - the piti of 
NS 
AE . the percditl e 
LI 
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Dorsal fin double : spinous rays 10, less ele ex — | 
than - the soft rays ‘which are 11 ‘in nomb The 
al membrane. is fuscous or -ochery-yellow E 
! Mea 
rane uniting it to the 
A LJ reaches the rent, the rays bluish, ined 
Ee — pen memb 
