246 FISHES. 



** Dorsal and anal flns greatly elevated, La i reaching middle of 

 caudal. 



3. £. pinn/ger. Gill & Jordan. Laege - Fiistned Sun 

 Fish. General color of preceding; body and fins in 

 males with brilliant blue spots; size larger; lateral line 

 complete; D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 10; lat. 1. 33. Neuse 

 River, N. C. 



13. OOPELANDIA, Jordan. Copblandia. 



1. C. er/archa, Jordan. A species similar in appear- 

 ance to Snneacantkus margarotis, but with a different 

 number of spines, a rather more elongate body and a 

 more advanced anal, which is reached by the ventral 

 spines; D. X, 9; A. IV, 8. Menomonee River, near 

 Milwaukee, Wis., — ^the only specimens known collected 

 by Dr. P. R. Hoy; a singular and interesting species, 

 connecting Enneacanthus with Centrarchus. 



14. CENTRARCHUS, Cuvier. Mant-Spinbd Bass. 



1. C. irideus, (Bosc) C. & V. Shining Bass. Bright 

 green with dark spots; vertical fins mottled; dorsal with 

 black spot behind, which is sometimes ocellated with 

 orange; body deep, depth half length; fins comparatively 

 low; the ventral spine less than half length of head and 

 not reaching vent; D. XI, 12; A. VII, 14; lat. 1. 44. 

 Illinois to Va. and South, chiefly in lowland streams. 



2. C. macropferus, (Lac.) Jordan. Long-Finnbd Sun 

 Fish. Similar, but more elongate, depth less than half 

 length; ventral spine more than half length of head and 

 reaching to about the fourth ray of anal ; mouth and eye 

 larger than in O. irideus; fins much higher; D. XII, 12; 

 A. VIII, 14; lat. 1. 43. With the preceding but less 

 abundant. 



