566 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
1877. Xenotis Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 76 ( fallax=mcgaloti8 ). 
1877. Xystroplites Jordan ms., Cope, Proc. Amor. Phil. Soc., 66 ( gilUi=albulu8 ). 
1877. Eupomotis Gill & Jordan, Field & Forest, 190 ( Sparus aureu8=gibbo8U8). 
1877. Lepiopomus Jordan, Ann. N. Y. Lyc. Nat. Hist., 31 b (emend.). 
Type : Labrus auritus Linnaeus. 
Etymology : Ae wfc, scale ; ndjp.a, opercle. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES OF LEPOMIS.* 
a. Lower pharyngeals narrow, teetli conic. 
b. Gill-rakers long, stiff ; supplementary hone evident, usually well developed ; 
pectorals shorter than head. 
c. Scales moderate, lat. 1., 43 to 50. ( Apomotis Rafinesque.) 
d. Body oblong, the depth 2^ to 2\ in length ; dorsal with a black spot at base 
of soft rays more or less distinct ; head large ; snout 
projecting, 3^ to 3f in head ; mouth large ; maxillary 
. reaching middle of eye; eye to 4$ in head ; opercular 
spot as large as eye, margined, black confined to bony 
part ; scales small ; dorsal spines low, longest equal to 
snout ; pectoral short, not reaching anal ; ventrals short, 
not reaching anal fin, spine If to 2 in distance from origin 
of ventrals to anus. Green, with brassy luster, each scale 
with a blue spot at base; fins largely blue, anal and ven- 
trals edged with orange ; a dark spot at base of last rays 
of dorsal an d usually of anal also ; cheeks with blue stripes; 
iris red. Head, to 3 ; depth, 2^ to 2^ ; D. x, 11; A.iii, 
9 ; lat. 1., 48 to 50. L., 7 inches Cyanellus, 12. 
dd. Body short and deep, the depth half the length ; dorsal without a black 
spot at base of soft rays ; head rather large ; snout mod- 
erate ; mouth moderate; maxillary reaching to posterior 
border of pupil; eye large, shorter than snout, 4£ in 
head ; opercular spot as large as eye, margined above 
and below ; scales large, 6 to 7 rows on cheeks ; dorsal 
elevated, longest spine as long as from tip of snout to 
middle of pupil ; pectorals reaching anal ; ventral spines 
1£ in distance from origin of ventrals to anus, fin not 
reaching anal. General color olive-green; unmarked. 
Head, 3 ; depth, 2 to 2£ ; D. x, 10 ; A. hi, 9 ; lat. 1., 43 to 
46. L., 6 inches Ischyrus, 13. 
cc. Scales rather large, 33 to 34 in lateral line. Body short and deep, robust ; 
dorsal and ventral curves equal ; head moderate ; snout 
very short, 4£ to 5 in head ; mouth small ; maxillary ex- 
tending to posterior border of pupil; eye large, 3£ to 3£ 
in head ; opercular spot smaller than eye, higher than 
long, margined with black on the bony part ; scales 
large; dorsal spines moderately high, longest spine reach- 
ing posterior border of eye ; pectorals shorter than head, 
not reaching anal; ventrals hot reaching anal, spine 
long, to in distance between origin of ventrals and 
anus. Dark green, sides with about 10 vertical bars; 
U r-al in 9 with a black ocellus on last ray; cheeks not 
striped. > Lead 2f to 3 ; depth, 2 to 2} ; lat. line, 33 to 34. 
L inches. ...... Symmetricus, 14. 
hSoim of the eha.raci.crs used in ibis . v e re variable, and with young specimens 
it must be used with caution. 
