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aa. Opercular spot smaller than half eye ; body without crossbars. 
b. Ventral spines reaching anus ; body more robust and elongated than in obesus ; 
dark olive; sides of head, whole body, and vertical fins, in the males, with 
round, bright, blue spots arranged in irregular rows ; females duller, with 
larger and fainter spots more regular in position ; ear flap small, with a blue 
border aud a pearly spot in front ; a dark bar below eye ; D. ix to x, 10; A. 
in to iv, 9; lat. 1., 30 Gloriosus, 9. 
bb. [Ventral spines reachiug anal. Olivaceous; vertical fins with round, pale 
spots ; D. x, 7; A. iv, 8; lat. 1., 33; doubtful species, probably identical with 
gloriosus Eriarchus, 10.], 
♦ 8. ENNEACANTHUS OBESUS. 
Pomotis obesus Baird, Ninth Smith. Rept., 324, 1854 (Beaseley’s Point, N. J.). 
Bryttus obesus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 53. 
Enneacanthus obesus Gill, Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 92, 1864. 
Bryttus fasciatus Holbrook, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 51 (St. John’s R., Fla.). 
Enneacanthus fasciatus Jordan & Copeland, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 137, 1876. 
Pomotis guttatus Morris, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 3 (Philadelphia). 
Enneacanthus milnerianus Cope ms. 1878 (description never published). 
Habitat : Massachusetts to Florida, in lowland streams. 
Etymology : Latin ; obesus , fat. 
9. ENNEACANTHUS GLORIOSUS. 
Bryttus gloriosus Holbrook, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855,51 (Cooper River, 
S. C.; Georgia). 
Enneacanthus gloriosus Jordan &. Copeland, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 137, 1876. 
Hemioplites simulans Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 218 (Tuckahoe 
Creek, near Richmond, Va.). 
Enneacanthus simulans McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 93, 1881. 
Enneacanthus pinniger Jordan, Bull, x, U. S. Nat. Mus., 27 1878 (Kinston, N. C.). 
Enneacanthus simulans pinniger Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 76, 1885. 
Enneacanthus margarotis Gill & Jordan, Bull, x, U. S. Nat. Mus., 28, 1878 (Beaseley’s 
Point, N. J.). 
Habitat: New Jersey to Florida, in lowland streams, east of the 
mountains. 
Etymology : Latin ; gloriosus , glorious. 
A careful comparison of specimens of E. simulans , with Holbrook’s 
description of Bryttus gloriosus , convinces me that they are the same, 
and as gloriosus is an older name it must be used in place of simulans. 
Enneacanthus simulans pinniger is not worthy even of a subspecific rank, 
as the characters upon which it is based are very variable, and are those 
of highly developed males. In this point I agree with Mr. Charles L. 
McKay (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 92). 
10. ENNEACANTHUS ERIARCHUS. 
Copelandia eriarcha Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1877, 56 (Menonomee 
River, Milwaukee, Wisconsin). „ 
Enneacanthus eriarchus McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 93. 
Habitat: Unknown. The assigned localities are* the Menonomee 
River, Wisconsin, and Missouri. 
