SERRANIDA, —- LXIV. 137 
372. R.lineatus (Bloch). Srrrpep Bass. Rocx-risH. Rock. 
Body slender, growing deep with age; spines slender, the 2d anal 
spine 5 to 7 in head. Olivaceous silvery, sides with 7 to 9 blackish 
lengthwise stripes. Head 3}; depth 3}. D. IX-1, 12. A. III, 11. 
Lat. 1. 65. L. 3 to 5 feet. Nova Scotia to La., entering rivers to 
spawn, one of our finest game fishes. (Lat., striped.) 
aa. Teeth on base of tongue in one patch; body deep, compressed. (Lepi- 
bema Rafinesque.) 
373, R. chrysops (Rafinesque). Waite Bass. Back arched; 
2d A. spine 3 in head. Silvery, greenish above, sides with several 
dusky longitudinal streaks, those below lateral line more or less in- 
terrupted. Head 34; depth 2}. D. IX-1,14. <A. III, 12. Lat. 
155. L.15. Great Lakes and Upper Miss. Valley, rather com- 
mon. (xpuaos, gold; dy, eye.) 
162. MORONE Mitchill. (Name unexplained.) 
u. Sides striped with black. 
374. M. interrupta Gill. YELLow Bass. Body oblong, ovate, 
the back elevated; anterior profile concave; 2d A. spine about 2 in 
head; spines very strong. Brassy, sides with 7 very distinct black 
stripes, those below lateral line interrupted behind, and beginning 
lower down. Head 3; depth 22. D.IX-1,12. A.ITI, 9. Lat. 
1.50. L. 12. Lower Mississippi, N. to Brookville, Ind. (A. W. 
Butler) and 8. Ill. (A. mississippiensis Jordan and Eigenmann, 
the name interrupia being preoccupied in the genus Roccus, from 
which Morone is scarcely distinct.) 
aa. Sides with faint pale streaks. 
375. M. americana (Gmelin). Waite Percn. Body oblong, 
not strongly compressed; 2d A. sp. about 3 in head; spines strong. 
Olivaceous, sides silvery. Head 3; depth3. D.IX-1,12. A. 
III, 9. Lat.1.50. L.10. Nova Scotia to S. C., common, ascend- 
ing streams, 
163. CENTROPRISTIS Cuvier. (xévrpov, spine; mpiorns, saw.) 
876. C. striatus (L.). Brack Sra Bass. BLAck-FIsH. BLAcK- 
wit. Body robust; head large; mouth moderate; teeth small, in 
broad bands; dorsal spines strong, with short filamentous append- 
ages; P. long Blackish, more or less mottled, with traces of pale 
streaks along the rows of scales; D. with rows of whitish spots ; 
young with dark cross shades and dusky lateral band. Head 23; 
depth 23. D,X,11. A.TII,7. Lat.1.50. L.14. Cape Cod to 
Fla., common. (C. atrarius (L.); the name striatus is still earlier.) 
(Lat., striped.) 
