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Soft anal similar to soft dorsal, second ray about longest. Caudal 

 rather small, lobes distinct, rounded, so that edge of fin is a little 

 emarginate. Pectoral low, broad, upper rays longest and almost 

 reaching origin of spinous anal. Ventral inserted a trifle in 

 advance of origin of spinous dorsal and a little behind origin of 

 pectoral. Ventral spine slender, a little more than half length 

 of fin. Depressed ventral reaching about as far posteriorly as 

 tip of depressed pectoral. Vent near origin of anal. Color in 

 alcohol dull brown, back a little deeper in color, and series of very 

 indistinct spots forming longitudinal lines in courses of scales on 

 side of body. Opercular flap with a deep brow^n blotch about 

 equal to orbit. Fins all plain brown. Iris dull brassy-white. 

 Length 6 inches. No. 13,188, Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. Type (cotype) oi Apomotis phenax Jovddin. Bees- 

 ley's Point. Dr. Joseph Leidy. Also another example with same 

 data. 



These examples are the only ones known to me and the locality 

 where they were supposed to have been secured has ben ques- 

 tioned. The species has never been rediscovered near Beesley's 

 Point, to my knowledge, though at the same time it is possible 

 that it may occur in some of the neighboring fresh waters. Pro- 

 visionally I shall consider it distinct from Apomotis ischynis 

 (Jordan) . Drs. Jordan and Evermann point out distinctive char- 

 acters, though as yet I have not examined specimens of A. 

 ischynis. The air-vessel of Lepomis phenax has not been ex- 

 amined, though in structure it may be found most likely identical 

 with that of species of Lepomis. 



Apomotis phenax Cope and Jordan, in Jordan, Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., X, 1877, p. 26. — Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 

 1879, P- 100, types. — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Xat. 

 Mus., XLVII, I, 1896, p. 999, from types. 



ChcBfiobryttus phenax Cope, in Jordan, 1. c, MS. name only. 



Lepomis phenax McKay, Proc. U. S. X^at. Mus., Ill, 1881, p. 

 88, name only.— Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Xat. Mus., XVI, 

 1882, p. 474, copied. 



Apomotis cyanellus Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ed. II, I, 

 1895, P- 21' P^rt. 



