A REVIEW OF THE CENTRARCHIDiE. 
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Scales 7-46-15, 6 rows on check ; longest dorsal spine as long as from tip of snout 
to anterior margin of pupil; head, 3 in length; depth, 2; pectoral reaching just to 
anal; ventrals to anal; third aual spine 1£ in head; mouth large, the maxillary 
reaching posterior border of pupil ; eye slightly shorter than snout ; 4 in head; sup- 
plemental maxillary evident as in Lepomis cyanellus : gill-rakers large, x, 10; oper- 
cular flap larger than eye, the dark spot bordered all around by paler; nape steep, 
forming an angle with the profile of the head ; body short and deep, compressed, 
heavy forward ; no distinct dark spot on dorsal ; scales bluish at base, those above 
lateral line marked as in Lepomis auritus. 
In the original description the color is said to be “ dusky, mottled 
with orange and bine; cheeks with wide obscure blue bands; a faint, 
dusky spot oi\ dorsal and anal behind; belly and lower fins coppery 
yellow ; lower jaw and lower parts of head leaden blue.” 
The type of Apomotis phenax is labeled as from u Beaselev’s Point, 
New Jersey,” in the museum of the Academy of Philadelphia. This is 
probably an error. The waters about Beaseley’s Point are mostly brack- 
ish, and if phenax and isckyrus be identical the species belongs to the 
Illinois River basin. This species thus far is the least common of all 
the sun fishes, and more specimens are greatly desired. 
14. LEPOMIS SYMMETRICUS. 
Lepomis symmetricus Forbes, in Jordan & Gilbert’s Syn. Fish. N. A., 473, 1883 
(Illinois River). 
Habitat: Lowlands of the Mississippi Yalley from central Illinois 
southward to New Orleans. 
Etymology: Latin; symmetrical. 
This little species has been found common about New Orleans, and is 
doubtless widely diffused in the Lower Mississippi. 
15. LEPOMIS HUMILIS. 
Bryttus humilis Girard, Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857 (Sugar Loaf Creek, Ark.; 
Cottonwood Creek, Utah; Brazos River, Tex.). 
Ichthelis humilis Jordan &■ Copeland, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 138, 1876. 
Lepiopomus humilis Jordan, Bull, x, U. S. Nat. Mas., 35, 1877. 
Lepomis humilis Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 223. 
Bryttus oculalus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 83 (Lake Whittlesey ? 
Minn.). 
Ichthelis oculalus Jordan & Copeland, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 138, 1876. 
Lepomus oculalus Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 221. 
Lepiopomus oculatus Jordan, Bull, x, U. S. Nat. Mus., 35, 1877. 
Lepomis anagallinus Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 221 (Leavenworth, 
Kans.). 
Ichthelis anagallinus Jordan & Copeland, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 138, 1876. 
Lepiopomus anagallinus Jordan, Bull, x, U. S. Nat. Mus., 35, 1877. 
Habitat: Mississippi Valley from Minnesota to Ohio, to Kansas, and 
Texas. 
Etymology: Latin; humble. 
